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

Poetry is emotion put into measure. – Thomas Hardy
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. – Thomas Hardy
Of course poets have morals and manners of their own, and custom is no argument with them. – Thomas Hardy
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