Hardy

Famous quotes containing the word hardy:

    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.
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    I am the family face;
    Flesh perishes, I live on,
    Projecting trait and trace
    Through time to times anon,
    And leaping from place to place
    Over oblivion.
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)

    And such are we—
    Unreasoning, sanguine, visionary—
    That I can hope
    Health, love, friends, scope
    In full for thee; can dream thou’lt find
    Joys seldom yet attained by humankind!
    —Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)