All Augustus Hare Quotes
- Pity is like eating mustard without beef. Beef
- Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of… Body
- The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying. Ancients
- Man without religion is the creature of circumstances. Circumstances
- Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Appear
- Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things. All
- Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for… All
- The question is not whether a doctrine is beautiful but whether it is true. When we wish to go to a place, we do not… Ask
- Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel. Inspirational
- The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. Admit
- What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud. Heart
- Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for… Among
- The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak. Character
- Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both… Actively
- The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience. Christianity
- A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. Evil
- Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth. Earth
- Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them. Example
- Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it. Boy
- Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action. Action