A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evi… - Thomas Hardy

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A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.

Thomas Hardy

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

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A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. - Thomas Hardy

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