Why should a man's mind have been thrown into such close, sad, sensational, inexplicable relations with such a precarious object as his body?

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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.

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...

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...

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...

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may...

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending...

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.

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...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

Love is bullshit. Emotion is bullshit. I am a rock. A jerk. I'm an uncaring...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

I cry a lot. My emotions are very close to my surface. I don't want...

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his...

Feelings are not supposed to be logical. Dangerous is the man who has rationalized his...