Thomas Hardy Quote

We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way people are specialized by their dislikes and antagonisms, whilst their goodwill is looked upon as no attribute at all.

Far From the Madding Crowd (ed. Henry Holt, 1874)

We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way...

We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way...

We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way...

We learn that it is not the rays which bodies absorb, but those which they reject, that give them the colours they are known by; and in the same way...