If the story-tellers could ha' got decency and good morals from true stories, who'd have troubled to invent parables?
Thomas HardyBut nothing is more insidious than the evolution of wishes from mere fancies, and of wants from mere wishes.
Thomas HardyPeople go on marrying because they can't resist natural forces, although many of them may know perfectly well that they are possibly buying a month's pleasure with a life's discomfort.
Thomas Hardy