A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.More Thomas Hardy quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

You, and those like you, take your fill of pleasure on earth by making the life of such as me bitter and black with sorrow; and then it is a fine thing, when you have had enough of that, to think of securing your pleasure in heaven by becoming converted.More Thomas Hardy quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

George's son had done his work so thoroughly that he was considered too good a workman to live, and was, in fact, taken and tragically shot at twelve o'clock that same day—another instance of the untoward fate which so often attends dogs and other philosophers who follow out a train of reasoning to its logical conclusion, and attempt perfectly consistent conduct in a world made up so largely of compromise.More Thomas Hardy quotes [03/29/2018 05:03:36]

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.More Thomas Hardy quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.More Thomas Hardy quotes [01/01/2000 12:01:00]