"If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone."
-Thomas Hardy
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"It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs."
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"The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes."
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"Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art."
-Thomas Hardy
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"Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change."
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"The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him."
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"He that can have patience can have what he will."
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"We could never learn to be brave and patient, if there were only joy in the world."
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"I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable."
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"There is something good in all seeming failures. You are not to see that now. Time will reveal it. Be patient."
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"Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy."
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