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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It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. – Thomas Hardy

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