The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so f…

Thomas Hardy
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The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2016). FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (British Classics Series): Historical Romance Novel, p.120, e-artnow
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Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. ✨ Thomas Hardy (2012). Jude the Obscure, p.267, Courier Corporation

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