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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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The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. – Thomas Hardy

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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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Yes quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down youd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown. – Thomas Hardy

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