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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy

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If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. – Thomas Hardy

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Poetry
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Thomas Hardy
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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

Category:
Death
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Thomas Hardy
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Let me enjoy the earth no less
Because the all-enacting Might
That fashioned forth its loveliness
Had other aims than my delight. – Thomas Hardy

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Earth
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Thomas Hardy
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Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time. – George Bernard Shaw

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The framers of the Constitution were so clear in the federalist papers and elsewhere that they felt an independent judiciary was critical to the success of the nation. – Sandra Day OConnor

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Success is very ephemeral. You depend entirely on the desire of others, which makes it difficult to relax. – Eva Green

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I dont like Tommy on Broadway at all. I like the music, Im pleased with Petes success but I dont like what theyve done to it. – Roger Daltrey

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When you come off something really disappointing, you want to come back and kind of regroup and get involved in something positive right away. – Andy Roddick

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Not believing has a sickness which is believing a little. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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