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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A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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.

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.

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...

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

And yet to every bad there is a worse.

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 fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

The fact that modern physics, the manifestation of an extreme specialisation of the rational mind,...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

There is no democracy in physics. We can't say that some second-rate guy has as...

Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.

Matter and energy moves itself. It has no exterior mover.

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That...

I think that a particle must have a separate reality independent of the measurements. That...