Quote by Thomas Hardy
Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stea

Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parsons damn. – Thomas Hardy

Other quotes by Thomas Hardy

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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Hope
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The sky was clear — remarkably clear — and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse. – Thomas Hardy

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Sky & Clouds
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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

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Face, Faces
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Other Quotes from
Profanity, Swearing, Vulgarity
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The vulgar man is always the most distinguished, for the very desire to be distinguished is vulgar. – G. K. Chesterton

Very notable was his distinction between coarseness and vulgarity, coarseness, revealing something; vulgarity, concealing something. – E. M. Forster

It is an immense loss to have all robust and sustaining expletives refined away from one! At. moments of trial refinement is a feeble reed to lean upon. – Alice James

Its only with great vulgarity that you can achieve real refinement, only out of bawdy that you can get tenderness. – Lawrence Durrell

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And the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play. – Bible, Exodus XXXII

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positive

The means of defense against foreign danger historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home. – James Madison

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To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would be enough to make me ambitious. – Hannah Arendt

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