Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
The value of old age depends upon the person who reaches it. To some men of early performance it is useless. To others, who are late to develop, it just enables them to finish the job. – Thomas Hardy
Ethelberta breathed a sort of exclamation, not right out, but stealthily, like a parsons damn. – Thomas Hardy