Thomas Hardy was a British novelist, short story writer, and poet of the Naturalist movement. Hardy was born in Dorsetshire, with whose scenery he has made his readers familiar; bred an architect; first earned popularity in 1874 by his "Far from the Madding Crowd," which was followed by, among others, "The Return of the Native," "The Woodlanders," and "Tess of the D'Urbervilles," the last in 1892, books which require to be read in order to appreciate the genius of the author; b. 1840.
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Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play. Go to Quote / Comment
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. Go to Quote / Comment
Everybody is so talented nowadays that the only people I care to honor as deserving real distinction are those who remain in obscurity. Go to Quote / Comment
"Justice" was done, and the President of the Immortals, in Æschylean phrase, had ended his sport with Tess. And the d'Urberville knights and ... Go to Quote / Comment
The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Go to Quote / Comment