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War makes good history but peace is poor reading.
Thomas Hardy
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Thomas Hardy
Age: 87 †
Born: 1840
Born: June 2
Died: 1928
Died: January 28
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I agree to the conditions, Angel because you know best what my punishment ought to be only - only - don't make it more than I can bear!
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If an offense come out of the truth, better is it that the offense come than that the truth be concealed.
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Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
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A strong woman who recklessly throws away her strength, she is worse than a weak woman who has never had any strength to throw away.
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