"Every wise man lives in an observatory." — Augustus William Hare
"Every wise man lives in an observatory."
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Augustus William Hare
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67 Quotes by Augustus William Hare
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The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was…
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Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit.
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The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one.
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I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of…
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The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to…
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In science its main worth is temporary, as a stepping-stone to something beyond. Even [Newton's] Principia ... is truly but…
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Seeking is not always the way to find.
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In the moment of our creation we receive the stamp of our individuality; and much of life is spent in…
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Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody.
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I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above…
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We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough.
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If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to…
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More Every Wise Quotes
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Every wise workman takes his tools away from the work from time to time that they may be ground and…
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Gnomic wisdom, however, is notoriously polychrome, and proverbs depend for their truth entirely on the occasion they are applied to.…
— George Santayana
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The man who broods over the past can never master the difficulties of today. Every wise man learn to forget.
— Herbert Newton Casson
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Every wise, just, and mild government, by rendering the condition of its subjects easy and secure, will always abound most…
— David Hume
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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
— George Santayana
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O Mistress mine, where are you roaming? O, stay and hear; your true love's coming, That can sing both high…
— William Shakespeare
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Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly…
— James Stephens
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Journeys end in lovers' meeting; every wise man's son doth know
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