Thomas Hardy — Quotes and Wisdom

Quotes

6 total quotes

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So little cause for carolings of such ecstatic sound was written on terrestrial things afar or nigh.

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If an epitaph were to be written on the human race, it might well be: 'It meant well.'

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The letter 's' is the serpent in the alphabet.

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Happiness is but a transient episode in the drama of existence.

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Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain.

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The business of the poet and novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things.