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

I am the family face; flesh perishes, I live on, projecting trait and trace through time to times anon, and leaping from place to place over oblivion. – Thomas Hardy

Category:
Face, Faces
Read Quote

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

Category:
Sincerity
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Customs
category

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

Category:
Customs

Nature is seldom in the wrong, custom always. – Mary Wortley Montagu

Category:
Customs

Laws are subordinate to custom. – Plautus

Category:
Customs

The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement. – John Stuart Mill

Category:
Customs

Random Quotes

America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy. – John Updike

Category:
America

In a couple, sometimes, one or both people have to give up their personal life, dreams and ambitions for the good of the family. – Monica Bellucci

Category:
Dreams

Im a scientist, not a theologian. I dont know if there is a God or not. Religion requires certainty. – James Lovelock

Category:
Religion

Coming from Chicago, I like a white Christmas. – Dennis Franz

Category:
Christmas