All Augustus William Hare Quotes
- The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than the world, and… Cross
- Life is the hyphen between matter and spirit. Hyphen
- The feeling is often the deeper truth, the opinion the more superficial one. Deeper
- I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. Cobweb
- The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be. Others
- In science its main worth is temporary, as a stepping-stone to something beyond. Even [Newton's] Principia ... is truly but the beginning of a natural… Author
- Seeking is not always the way to find. Find
- In the moment of our creation we receive the stamp of our individuality; and much of life is spent in rubbing off or defacing the… Creation
- Who is fit to govern others? He who governs himself. You might as well have said: nobody. Fit
- I bid you conquer in your warfare against your four great enemies, the world, the devil, the flesh, and above all, that obstinate and perverse… All
- We like slipping, but not falling; our real anxiety is to be tempted enough. Anxiety
- If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions; if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination,… Beaten
- Just, harmonious, temperate as is the spirit of liberty, there is in the name and mere notion of it a vagueness so opposite to the… Clearness
- Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil. Flower
- I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election. Election
- Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope. Another Name
- A person should go out on the water on a fine day to a small distance from a beautiful coast, if he would see Nature… Accord
- There are men whom you will never dislodge from an opinion, except by taking possession of it yourself. Dislodge
- Every wise man lives in an observatory. Every Wise
- The mind is like a trunk: if well-packed, it holds almost every thing; if ill-packed, next to nothing. Almost Every