Quotes about Augustus Hare

A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost...

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A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he...

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What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so...

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What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of...

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To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

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There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use...

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The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

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The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally...

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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and...

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Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their...

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Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are...

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