Hardy

Famous quotes containing the word hardy:

    The years-heired feature that can
    In curve and voice and eye
    Despise the human span
    Of durance—that is I;
    The eternal thing in man,
    That heeds no call to die.
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    And so, standing before the aforesaid officiator, the two swore that at every other time of their lives till death took them, they would assuredly believe, feel, and desire precisely as they had believed, felt, and desired during the few preceding weeks. What was as remarkable as the undertaking itself was the fact that nobody seemed at all surprised at what they swore.
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)