The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to ge… — Quoted

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“The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him.”

Thomas Hardy · Religion

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Thomas Hardy

Poetry is emotion put into measure. The emotion must come by nature, but the measure can be acquired by art.

Art

Thomas Hardy

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

Hope

Thomas Hardy

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.

War

Thomas Hardy

I am the family face flesh perishes, I live on.

Family