--- title: "13 Tess Quotes By Thomas Hardy" description: "13 Tess quotes by Thomas Hardy. Plus more from Thomas Hardy and more Tess sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/thomas-hardy-410_bless_bless-thy-simplicity-tess-2156161_2156161.jpg" --- > [Bless thy simplicity, Tess](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/bless-thy-simplicity-tess/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7bf/thomas-hardy-410_bless_bless-thy-simplicity-tess-2156161_2156161.jpg) > [“I am only a peasant by position, not by nature!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/i-am-only-a-peasant-by-position-not-by-nature/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/262/thomas-hardy-410_courage_i-am-only-a-peasant-by-position-not-by-n_366790.jpg) > [Tis because we be on a blighted star, and not a sound one, isn't it Tess?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/tis-because-we-be-on-a-blighted-star-and-not-a-sound-one-isn-t-it-tess/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3b6/thomas-hardy-410_astronomy_tis-because-we-be-on-a-blighted-star-and_1015062.jpg) > [Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/let-not-your-heart-be-troubled-neither-let-it-be-afraid/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/431/thomas-hardy-410_afraid_let-not-your-heart-be-troubled-neither-l_3132309.jpg) > [Did it never strike your mind that what every woman says, some women may feel?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/did-it-never-strike-your-mind-that-what-every-woman-says-some-women/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/767/thomas-hardy-410_every-woman_did-it-never-strike-your-mind-that-what_418868.jpg) > [It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/it-was-the-touch-of-the-imperfect-upon-the-would-be-perfect-that-gave/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2f/thomas-hardy-410_humanity_it-was-the-touch-of-the-imperfect-upon-t_2812273.jpg) > [It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/it-was-terribly-beautiful-to-tess-today-for-since-her-eyes-last-fell/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/710/thomas-hardy-410_beautiful_it-was-terribly-beautiful-to-tess-today_1525617.jpg) > [Let truth be told - women do as a rule live through such humiliations, and regain their spirits, and again look about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/let-truth-be-told-women-do-as-a-rule-live-through-such-humiliations/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/226/thomas-hardy-410_believe_let-truth-be-told-women-do-as-a-rule-liv_979101.jpg) > [She was not an existence, an experience, a passion, a structure of sensations, to anybody but herself. To all humankind besides Tess…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/she-was-not-an-existence-an-experience-a-passion-a-structure-of/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86b/thomas-hardy-410_existence_she-was-not-an-existence-an-experience-a_1206726.jpg) > [Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?" "Yes." "All like ours?" "I don't know, but I think so. They sometimes seem…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-yes-all-like-ours-i-don-t-know/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-hardy-410_apples_did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-y_1601773.jpg) > [...the figure near at hand suffers on such occasions, because it shows up its sorriness without shade; while vague figures afar off…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/the-figure-near-at-hand-suffers-on-such-occasions-because-it-shows-up/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/151/thomas-hardy-410_afar_the-figure-near-at-hand-suffers-on-such_1238810.jpg) > [Her affection for him was now the breath and life of Tess's being; it enveloped her as a photosphere, irradiated her into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/her-affection-for-him-was-now-the-breath-and-life-of-tess-s-being-it/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/115/thomas-hardy-410_affection_her-affection-for-him-was-now-the-breath_487433.jpg) > [Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/meanwhile-the-trees-were-just-as-green-as-before-the-birds-sang-and/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/619/thomas-hardy-410_bird_meanwhile-the-trees-were-just-as-green-a_6808.jpg) ## Other authors on Tess ## More by Thomas Hardy > [“He grew away from old associations, and saw something new in life and humanity. Secondarily, he made close acquaintance with phenomena which he had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/he-grew-away-from-old-associations-and-saw-something-new-in-life-and/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“She was in a sound sleep, Jude, dying of anxiety lest she should have caught a chill which might permanently injure her, was glad…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/she-was-in-a-sound-sleep-jude-dying-of-anxiety-lest-she-should-have/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [Meanwhile, the trees were just as green as before; the birds sang and the sun shone as clearly now as ever. The familiar surroundings…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/meanwhile-the-trees-were-just-as-green-as-before-the-birds-sang-and/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [You ride well, but you don't kiss nicely at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/you-ride-well-but-you-don-t-kiss-nicely-at-all/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [You could sometimes see her twelfth year in her cheeks, or her ninth sparkling from her eyes; and even her fifth would flit over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/you-could-sometimes-see-her-twelfth-year-in-her-cheeks-or-her-ninth/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“It was mid-May time, bringing with it weather not, perhaps, quite so blooming as that assumed to be natural to the month by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/it-was-mid-may-time-bringing-with-it-weather-not-perhaps-quite-so/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/if-galileo-had-said-in-verse-that-the-world-moved-the-inquisition/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [Some folk want their luck buttered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/some-folk-want-their-luck-buttered/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [Measurement of life should be proportioned rather to the intensity of the experience than to its actual length.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/measurement-of-life-should-be-proportioned-rather-to-the-intensity-of/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“I was court-martialed in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/i-was-court-martialed-in-my-absence-and-sentenced-to-death-in-my/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“It being the first time in his life that he had touched female fingers under water, Dick duly registered the sensation as rather a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/it-being-the-first-time-in-his-life-that-he-had-touched-female/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“As soon as she could discern the outline of the house, it had all its old effect upon Tess's imagination. Part of her body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/as-soon-as-she-could-discern-the-outline-of-the-house-it-had-all-its/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [ The perfect woman, you see \[is\] a working-woman; not an idler; not a fine lady; but one who \[uses\] her hands and her head… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/the-perfect-woman-you-see-is-a-working-woman-not-an-idler-not-a-fine/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“The Sinister Spirit sneered: 'It had to be!' And again the Spirit of Pity whispered, 'Why?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/the-sinister-spirit-sneered-it-had-to-be-and-again-the-spirit-of-pity/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) > [“Justice” was done, and the President of the Immortals (in Aeschylean phrase) had ended his sport with Tess.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/justice-was-done-and-the-president-of-the-immortals-in-aeschylean/) [Thomas Hardy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-hardy/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/tess/thomas-hardy/#itemlist", "name": "13 Tess Quotes By Thomas Hardy", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Bless thy simplicity, Tess", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Hardy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/bless-thy-simplicity-tess/", 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Most of them splendid and sound - a few blighted.\" \"Which do we live on - a splendid one or a blighted one?\" \"A blighted one.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Thomas Hardy" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-hardy/did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-yes-all-like-ours-i-don-t-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-hardy-410_apples_did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-y_1601773.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-hardy-410_apples_did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-y_1601773.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ff/thomas-hardy-410_apples_did-you-say-the-stars-were-worlds-tess-y_1601773.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Did you say the stars were worlds, Tess?\" \"Yes.\" \"All like ours?\" \"I don't know, but I think so. 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The familiar surroundings had not darkened because of her grief, nor sickened because of her pain. She might have seen that what had bowed her head so profoundly -the thought of the world's concern at her situation- was found on an illusion. 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