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If all hearts were open and all desires known -- as they would be

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

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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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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. – Thomas Hardy

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