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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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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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Poetry
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The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. – Thomas Hardy

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The mists remain of the false glory that erupts from history. – Miguel de Unamuno, En Gredos

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Our historic imagination is at best slightly developed. We generalise and idealise the past egregiously. We set up little toys to stand as symbols for centuries and the complicated lives of countless individuals. – John Dewey, Characters and Events

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Im not one of those who wants to purge our society of our Christian history. – Richard Dawkins

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Music can be healing, and with my history and my knowledge of both sides of what looks like a gigantic divide in the world, I feel I can point a way forward to our common humanity again. – Cat Stevens

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