Thomas Hardy

The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job.

age


Thomas Hardy

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

alone


Thomas Hardy

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

art


Thomas Hardy

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

change


Thomas Hardy

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

courage


Thomas Hardy

I am the family face flesh perishes, I live on.

family


Thomas Hardy

My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading.

history


Thomas Hardy

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.

hope


Thomas Hardy

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.

men


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