857 Quotes by Thomas Hardy

I have no fear of men, as such, nor of their books

In ogni innamorato c’è sempre una forza enorme che non ha finché è un uomo libero; ma nell’uomo libero c’è un’ampiezza di vedute che cercheremmo invano in un innamorato. Dove c’è molta parzialità ci sarà sempre anche una certa ristrettezza mentale, e l’amore, sebbene comporti maggiori emozioni, comporta anche minore perspicacia. (Via dalla pazza folla)

Tuttavia era in quella valle che il suo dolore aveva preso forma e Tess non l'amava più come in passato; la bellezza per lei, come per tutti quelli che hanno esperienza, non stava nelle cose, ma in ciò che le cose simboleggiavano.

Well, what I mean is that I shouldn’t mind being a bride at a wedding, if I could be one without having a husband. But since a woman can’t show off in that way by herself, I shan’t marry—at least not yet.

I shall be up before you are awake; I shall be afield before you are up; and I shall have breakfasted before you are afield. In short, I shall astonish you all.

It was a fatal omission of Boldwood's that he had never once told her she was beautiful.

He can blow the flute very well-that 'a can,' said a young married man, who having no individuality worth mentioning was known as 'Susan Tall's husband.

Why do you... keep tantalizing me?I tell you, Tess, I'd take you for a flirt,For a sit you could catch,If I didn't know just honest and pure you are.

The difference between love and respect was markedly shown in her conduct. Bathsheba had spoken of her interest in Boldwood with the greatest freedom to Liddy, but she only communed with her own heart concerning Troy.