Once victim, always victim — thats the law! – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
Once victim, always victim — thats the law! – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. – Thomas Hardy
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity. – Thomas Hardy
When a mans life is destroyed or damaged by some wound or privation of soul or body, which is due to other mens actions or negligence, it is not only his sensibility that suffers but also his aspiration toward the good. Therefore there has been sacrilege towards that which is sacred in him. – Simone Weil
The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will quickly cover the gash; but when the tree is very old, peeling the bark off, and looking carefully, you will see the scar there still. All that is buried is not dead. – Olive Schreiner