Who said "We are creatures of impulse rather than reflection."?

This quote is attributed to Thomas Hardy.

We are creatures of impulse rather than reflection. - Thomas Hardy

"We are creatures of impulse rather than reflection."

Thomas Hardy

Novelist Poet English 1840–1928

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