If Galileo had said in verse that the...... Quote by "Thomas Hardy"

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the Inquisition might have let him alone.
— Thomas Hardy

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Time changes everything except something within us which is always surprised by change.
— Thomas Hardy

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never entirely removes.
— Thomas Hardy

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My argument is that War makes rattling good history; but Peace is poor reading.
— Thomas Hardy

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Yes; quaint and curious war is! You shoot a fellow down you'd treat if met where any bar is, or help to half-a-crown.
— Thomas Hardy

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The sky was clear - remarkably clear - and the twinkling of all the stars seemed to be but throbs of one body, timed by a common pulse.
— Thomas Hardy

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