If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. -Thomas Hardy Alone
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 Age
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. -Thomas Hardy Religion
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. -Thomas Hardy Poetry
It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. -Thomas Hardy Men
The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes. -Thomas Hardy Hope
If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. -Thomas Hardy Poetry
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. -Thomas Hardy Change
Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change. -Thomas Hardy Time
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. -Thomas Hardy Art
Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art. -Thomas Hardy Nature