Quote by Thomas Hardy
I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my ab

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

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Cruelty is the law pervading all nature and society and we cant get out of it if we would. – Thomas Hardy

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So for twelve miles I rode with Sherman, and we became fast friends. He asked me all manner of questions on the way, and I found that he knew my father well, and remembered his tragic death in Salt Creek Valley. – Buffalo Bill

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It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls. – Epicurus

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Benjamin Franklin said there were only two things certain in life: death and taxes. But Id like to add a third certainty: trash. And while some in this room might want to discuss reducing taxes, I want to talk about reducing trash. – Ruth Ann Minner

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After my mothers death, I had such difficulty relating to people. – Jaron Lanier

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Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. – Seneca

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All great truths begin as blasphemies. – George Bernard Shaw, Annajanska, 1919

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