Readers' Most Anticipated Books for Fall 2025

Thomas Hardy > Quotes > Quotable Quote

 

 (?)
Quotes are added by the Goodreads community and are not verified by Goodreads. (Learn more)
Thomas Hardy

“Beauty lay not in the thing, but in what the thing symbolized.”

― Thomas Hardy, Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Read more quotes from Thomas Hardy


Share this quote:
Share on Twitter
Like Quote

Recommend to friends
Friends Who Liked This Quote

To see what your friends thought of this quote, please sign up!

548 likes
All Members Who Liked This Quote

Olene Stefford
Olene
128 books
view quotes

 
Aug 13, 2025 02:20AM
JulesVerna2022
JulesVerna2022
1,887 books
view quotes

 
Jul 05, 2025 08:05AM
Kate
Kate
282 books
view quotes

 
Jul 02, 2025 05:27PM
Devadathan
Devadathan
124 books
view quotes

 
Jun 06, 2025 09:46AM
Nino გვარამია
Nino
1,146 books
view quotes

 
Apr 06, 2025 02:25PM
Patrick
Patrick
6,151 books
view quotes

 
Dec 27, 2024 08:52PM
Amanda Wheeler
Amanda
281 books
view quotes

 
Dec 22, 2024 02:26PM
fiona
fiona
2,248 books
view quotes

 
Nov 18, 2024 07:15AM
Styu
Styu
535 books
view quotes

 
Oct 30, 2024 08:58AM
Sara Hernández
Sara
115 books
view quotes

 
Oct 20, 2024 07:54PM
Eveline Zeran
Eveline
250 books
view quotes

 
Oct 07, 2024 11:20AM
Hassan
Hassan
500 books
view quotes

 
Sep 10, 2024 05:12AM
ExE 00
ExE
1,654 books
view quotes

 
Aug 11, 2024 07:02PM
Aaron
Aaron
25 books
view quotes

 
Jun 05, 2024 05:50AM
Della Notah
Della
63 books
view quotes

 
May 28, 2024 06:15PM
&
&
0 books
view quotes

 
May 05, 2024 09:38AM
Robert Dunbar
Robert
3,543 books
view quotes

 
Mar 04, 2024 10:56AM
Book2Dragon
Book2Dragon
16,189 books
view quotes

 
Feb 23, 2024 05:57PM
norrell
norrell
684 books
view quotes

 
Feb 01, 2024 12:50AM
Ben Avenell
Ben
296 books
view quotes

 
Jan 24, 2024 11:09PM
Reader
Reader
43 books
view quotes

 
Oct 25, 2023 12:05PM
Nathania Maher
Nathania
159 books
view quotes

 
Oct 14, 2023 01:47PM
Cate
Cate
4,892 books
view quotes

 
Aug 31, 2023 01:31PM
Zehra
Zehra
311 books
view quotes

 
Aug 20, 2023 06:39AM
Jenny Cox
Jenny
171 books
view quotes

 
Aug 03, 2023 03:10AM
Bibia
Bibia
567 books
view quotes

 
Jun 08, 2023 01:45PM
Lisa Moreland
Lisa
645 books
view quotes

 
May 17, 2023 04:42PM
Ayesha
Ayesha
214 books
view quotes

 
Mar 21, 2023 03:46AM
Mad Mushroom
Mad
900 books
view quotes

 
Mar 07, 2023 02:33PM
Aaron Wierb
Aaron
36 books
view quotes

 
Jan 26, 2023 07:59PM
Hedgehog
Hedgehog
4 books
view quotes

 
Dec 02, 2022 12:24PM
Elise Wilkes
Elise
769 books
view quotes

 
Aug 09, 2022 02:52PM
Anrizk
Anrizk
13 books
view quotes

 
Jul 11, 2022 05:04PM
Patrick Page
Patrick
75 books
view quotes

 
Jun 12, 2022 02:33AM
Deb
Deb
1,027 books
view quotes

 
Mar 25, 2022 07:26PM
Maddy
Maddy
1,165 books
view quotes

 
Mar 24, 2022 06:16AM
Tasneem Jamal
Tasneem
1,088 books
view quotes

 
Mar 21, 2022 09:17AM
Alicia Leal
Alicia
12 books
view quotes

 
Mar 16, 2022 03:19PM
Varvara
Varvara
49 books
view quotes

 
Mar 10, 2022 07:09AM
raluca
raluca
64 books
view quotes

 
Mar 02, 2022 09:16AM
Elizaveta Vorobei
Elizaveta
22 books
view quotes

 
Oct 22, 2021 04:39PM
Helene
Helene
1,458 books
view quotes

 
Oct 22, 2021 03:56AM
Lilac
Lilac
1,312 books
view quotes

 
Sep 30, 2021 01:21PM
Nour Hunaidi
Nour
547 books
view quotes

 
Sep 20, 2021 08:16PM
LONGLIVEVIV
LONGLIVEVIV
376 books
view quotes

 
Sep 19, 2021 08:24AM
Nate James
Nate
320 books
view quotes

 
Sep 17, 2021 01:53PM
Herr_qim
Herr_qim
80 books
view quotes

 
Sep 11, 2021 08:37PM
agenbiteofinwit
agenbiteofinwit
349 books
view quotes

 
Aug 26, 2021 02:45AM
Rylie
Rylie
637 books
view quotes

 
Jul 19, 2021 06:43AM
Jawy
Jawy
214 books
view quotes

 
Jun 28, 2021 06:31PM
Anna Maria
Anna Maria
2,006 books
view quotes

 
Jun 10, 2021 12:35AM
Daniela
Daniela
20 books
view quotes

 
Apr 02, 2021 10:39AM
Silvana
Silvana
1,507 books
view quotes

 
Mar 02, 2021 02:14AM
Chandrima Ghosh
Chandrima
65 books
view quotes

 
Feb 26, 2021 06:17AM
Janita
Janita
208 books
view quotes

 
Feb 17, 2021 11:08PM
Charlotte
Charlotte
277 books
view quotes

 
Feb 10, 2021 08:36AM
Berna Glasser
Berna
122 books
view quotes

 
Feb 02, 2021 12:23PM
Kasih
Kasih
256 books
view quotes

 
Feb 01, 2021 04:43AM
Justin Scherrer
Justin
506 books
view quotes

 
Jan 24, 2021 06:41PM
Kara Klotz
Kara
710 books
view quotes

 
Jan 19, 2021 06:55PM
Saira
Saira
102 books
view quotes

 
Jan 16, 2021 06:11AM
Sarah
Sarah
26 books
view quotes

 
Dec 29, 2020 05:58AM
Ethan Smith
Ethan
517 books
view quotes

 
Dec 25, 2020 09:46AM
Inger Hansen
Inger
749 books
view quotes

 
Nov 28, 2020 11:34AM
Imola Torok
Imola
85 books
view quotes

 
Nov 24, 2020 10:43AM
Ariane
Ariane
645 books
view quotes

 
Nov 05, 2020 10:01PM
Lucy Eve Gardiner
Lucy Eve
372 books
view quotes

 
Oct 29, 2020 02:15PM
Kelly
Kelly
917 books
view quotes

 
Sep 23, 2020 07:28PM
Moon Witch
Moon
532 books
view quotes

 
Sep 11, 2020 09:08AM
Rebecca
Rebecca
110 books
view quotes

 
Aug 08, 2020 07:42AM
Kim
Kim
56 books
view quotes

 
Jul 24, 2020 01:20PM
Andreea
Andreea
354 books
view quotes

 
Jul 14, 2020 03:55PM
Bethany Kennedy
Bethany
412 books
view quotes

 
Jul 14, 2020 12:04AM
Broken&Bruised
Broken&Bruised
336 books
view quotes

 
Jul 02, 2020 06:24PM
Tsholo Tiro
Tsholo
206 books
view quotes

 
Jun 09, 2020 04:12AM
Abigail
Abigail
246 books
view quotes

 
Jun 03, 2020 11:54PM
Eman
Eman
659 books
view quotes

 
May 31, 2020 11:16PM
sas
sas
560 books
view quotes

 
May 10, 2020 06:59AM
Sultana
Sultana
42 books
view quotes

 
May 06, 2020 10:05PM
Victoria Crockett
Victoria
14,569 books
view quotes

 
May 04, 2020 10:26AM
Olivia
Olivia
1,773 books
view quotes

 
Apr 28, 2020 09:48PM
Mary
Mary
770 books
view quotes

 
Apr 28, 2020 09:36PM
Tamuna Jibuti
Tamuna
755 books
view quotes

 
Apr 20, 2020 12:20PM
« previous 1 3 4 5 6

All Quotes
My Quotes
Add A Quote

This Quote Is From

Tess of the D’Urbervilles Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
298,932 ratings, average rating, 13,153 reviews

Browse By Tag