Quote by Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom i

Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy

Other quotes by Thomas Hardy

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. – Thomas Hardy

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Religion
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I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence. – Thomas Hardy

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

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Custom, that unwritten law, By which the people keep even kings in awe. – Charles Davenport

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Custom reconciles us to everything. – Edmund Burke

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People do more from custom than from reason. – Source Unknown

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Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it. – Mark Twain

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