Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.
THOMAS HARDYIf Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.
More Thomas Hardy Quotes
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Some folk want their luck buttered.
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That man’s silence is wonderful to listen to.
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Women accept their destiny more readily than men.
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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
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It was terribly beautiful to Tess today, for since her eyes last fell upon it she had learnt that the serpent hisses where the sweet birds sing.
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Let me enjoy the earth no less because the all-enacting light that fashioned forth its loveliness had other aims than my delight.
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O, you have torn my life all to pieces… made me be what I prayed you in pity not to make me be again!
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Women are attracted to silent men. They believe they are listening.
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The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.
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To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature.
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People go on marrying because they can’t resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month’s pleasure with a life’s discomfort.
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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.
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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.
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If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.
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Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them.
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