"Who is fit to govern others? He who……" — Augustus William Hare
"Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody."
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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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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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Just, harmonious, temperate as is the spirit of liberty, there is in the name and mere notion of it a…
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