# Quote — Thomas Hardy, The Hand of Ethelberta

> You calculated how to be uncalculating, and are natural by art!

- Author: [Thomas Hardy](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hardy.md)
- Book: [The Hand of Ethelberta](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-hardy/the-hand-of-ethelberta.md)
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