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Quote by Thomas Hardy
My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is p

My argument is that War makes rattling good history but Peace is poor reading. – Thomas Hardy

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Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. – Thomas Hardy

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Art
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Thomas Hardy
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If all hearts were open and all desires known — as they would be if people showed their souls — how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place! – Thomas Hardy

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

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The worlds battlefields have been in the heart chiefly more heroism has been displayed in the household and the closet, than on the most memorable battlefields in history. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Our national history has so often filled us with bitterness and the feeling of helplessness. – Lech Walesa

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Sometimes – history needs a push. – Vladimir Lenin

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The true history of my administration will be written 50 years from now, and you and I will not be around to see it. – George W. Bush

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