Quote by Thomas Hardy
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

Other quotes by Thomas Hardy

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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Nature
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Persons with weight of character carry, like planets, their atmospheres along with them in their orbits. – Thomas Hardy

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Integrity
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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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War
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Success
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Be yourself. Follow your instincts. Success depends, at least in part, on the ability to carry it off. – Donald Rumsfeld

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Success

To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success. – Orison Swett Marden

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Success

There is no correlation between a childhood success and a professional athlete. – Carl Lewis

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Success

Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasnt that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you. – Marilyn Monroe

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Success

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Even in the valley of the shadow of death, two and two do not make six. – Leo Tolstoy

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A rhododendron bud lavender-tipped. Soon a glory of blooms to clash with the cardinals and gladden the hummingbirds! – Dave Beard

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Nature

One of the curious things about censorship is that no one seems to want it for himself. We want censorship to protect someone else; the young, the unstable, the suggestible, the stupid. I have never heard of anyone who wanted a film banned because otherwise he might see it and be harmed. – Edgar Dale

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A woman has to be intelligent, have charm, a sense of humor, and be kind. Its the same qualities I require from a man. – Catherine Deneuve

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