Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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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,...

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.

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...

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...

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...

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Had other aims than my delight.

Had other aims than my delight.

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.

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I...

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...

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 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...

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...

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A love without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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...

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.