There is a condition worse than blindness, and that is, seeing something that isn't there.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let...

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to...

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on.

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

If way to the better there be, it exacts a full look at the worst.

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in a language which is...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences...

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure.

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been...

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who...

There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do...

There are so many pressures that are put upon young women. Whatever we can do...