More from Thomas Hardy
Patience, that blending of moral courage with physical timidity.
Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), Phase the Fifth: The Woman Pays, ch. XLIIIIn contextLike the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.
The Hand of Ethelberta (1876), Ch. 9
More about hope
Napoleon1769–1821In His Own Words (1916)We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.
- GBGeorge Washington Burnap1802–1859Often credited to Joseph Addison
