"The effects of human wickedness are written on……" — Augustus William Hare
"The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away; so more blood must be shed to renew it."
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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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The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.
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The bond that links your true family is not one of blood, but of respect and joy in each other's…
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Political liberty, the peace of a nation, and science itself are gifts for which Fate demands a heavy tax in…
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The patriot blood of my father was warm in my veins.
— Clara Barton
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The Eucharistic sacrifice of the body and blood of Christ embraces in turn the mystery of our Lord's continuing passion…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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In morals, theosophy builds its teachings on the unity, seeing in each form the expression of a common life, and…
— Annie Besant
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The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron…
— Otto von Bismarck
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Here at home, when Americans were standing in long lines to give blood after the attack on the World Trade…
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But the love of adventure was in father's blood.
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I'm a fountain of blood. In the shape of a girl.
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Everybody's always asking me about my blood pressure. They did an interview once where they hooked me up to a…
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