Quotes By Thomas Hardy

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

I am the family face flesh perishes, I live on. by Thomas Hardy

Fear is the mother of foresight. by Thomas Hardy

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

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. by Thomas Hardy

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

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. by Thomas Hardy

Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society and we can't get out of it if we would. by Thomas Hardy

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. by Thomas Hardy

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

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