All Thomas Hardy Quotes
- ...he seemed to approach the grave as an hyperbolic curve approaches a line, less directly as he got nearer, till it was doubtful if he… All
- Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. Always Surprised
- The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. Disappointment
- The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Get Heaven
- A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. All
- It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. Chiefly
- There are accents in the eye which are not on the tongue, and more tales come from pale lips than can enter an ear. It… Accents
- And yet to every bad there is a worse. Bad
- Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. Care
- The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. Advanced
- The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by… All
- Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. Ethics
- Some folk want their luck buttered. Business
- The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years. Commonplace
- If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. Alone
- A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly. Age
- I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on. Face
- Aspect are within us, and who seems most kingly is king. Aspect
- Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it. Defending
- Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. Argument
- Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel. Beast
- Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. British
- Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. Any
- 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… Age
- Happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain. Drama