You can do anything with bayonets except sit on them.

Quote by Thomas Hardy

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That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

That man's silence is wonderful to listen to.

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

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

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all.

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

Some day my boat will come in, and with my luck I'll be at the...

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...

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...

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...

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Some folk want their luck buttered.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

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.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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.

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society; and we can't get out of...

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...

You was a good man, and did good things.

You was a good man, and did good things.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.

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...