Sergeant Troy Quotes

“But you are too lovely even to care to be kind as others are.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“He was moderately truthful towards men, but to women lied like a Cretan-a system of ethics above all others calculated to win popularity at the first flush of admission into lively society.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“This supreme instance of Troy's goodness fell upon Gabriel's ears like the thirteenth stroke of a crazy clock.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“There are considerations even before my consideration for you; reparations to be made-ties you know nothing of. If you repent of marrying, so do I.”
― Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

“Idiosyncrasy and vicissitude had combined to stamp Sergeant Troy as an exceptional being.”
― Thomas Hardy