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.

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king.

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...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

The excessive regard of parents for their children, and their dislike of other people's is,...

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.

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...

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

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

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

One whose every goal is accomplished and every dream fulfilled, lives not as a man...

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

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

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

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

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure...

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations...

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be...

Self-praise is for losers. Be a winner. Stand for something. Always have class, and be...

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.

Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit.