Dialect words are those terrible marks of the beast to the truly genteel.
Thomas Hardy quote Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons.
Thomas Hardy quote Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.
Thomas Hardy quote Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honour as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity.
Thomas Hardy quote Fear is the mother of foresight.
Thomas Hardy quote Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it.
Thomas Hardy quote Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.
Thomas Hardy quote 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 quote Biography
Author of 'Tess Of The D'urbervilles' and other classics
