The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all. - Thomas Hardy

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Engraved portrait of Thomas Hardy, facing left

The rarest offerings of the purest loves are but a self-indulgence, and no generosity at all.

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About Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy OM (June 2 1840 – January 11 1928) was an English novelist, short story writer and poet.

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