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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.

Thomas Hardy

To be loved to madness–such was her great desire. Love was to her the one cordial which could drive away the eating loneliness of her days. And she seemed to long for the abstraction called passionate love more than for any particular lover.
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Desire Greatness Love Madness Passionate
Our impulses are too strong for our judgement sometimes.
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Judgement Ourselves Strong
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
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Disappoint Fulfillment Hope Leaving Remove
Teach me to live, that I may dread The grave as little as my bed. Teach me to die.
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Bed Death Grave Live Teaching
You have never loved me as I love you–never–never! Yours is not a passionate heart–your heart does not burn in a flame! You are, upon the whole, a sort of fay, or sprite– not a woman!
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Burn Flame Heart Love Myself Passion Woman Yourself
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.
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Difference Heaven Man Object Religion
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 and her heart for the good of others.
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Hands Heart Herself Perfection Woman Work
It was the touch of the imperfect upon the would-be perfect that gave the sweetness, because it was that which gave the humanity.
THOMAS HARDY

Humanity Imperfection Sweet Touch
But his dreams were as gigantic as his surroundings were small.
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Dreams Small Surround
If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.
THOMAS HARDY

Better Hide Offense Truth
Happiness is but a mere episode in the general drama of pain.
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Drama Episode Happiness Pain
The sky was clear – remarkably clear – and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
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Body Remark Sky Stars Time
But nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.
THOMAS HARDY

Evolution Fantasy
Well, these sad and hopeless obstacles are welcome in one sense, for they enable us to look with indifference upon the cruel satires that Fate loves to indulge in.
THOMAS HARDY

Cruelty Different Fate Hope Indulgence Love Obstacle Sad
So each had a private little sun for her soul to bask in; some dream, some affection, some hobby, or at least some remote and distant hope.
THOMAS HARDY

Distance Dreams Hope Privacy Soul Sun
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.
THOMAS HARDY

Age Development Early Friendship Job Man Old Performance Reach Value

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