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

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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.

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument...

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

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

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

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...

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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...

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.

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.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

My opinion is that a poet should express the emotion of all the ages and...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfilment of that...

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...

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.

For when all else is done, only words remain. Words endure.