Thomas Hardy

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who read more

Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.

Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.