A youth's love is the more passionate; virgin love is the more idolatrous. — Augustus William Hare Love Copy Share Image
I like the smell of a dunged field, and the tumult of a popular election. — Augustus William Hare Election Copy Share Image
Friendship is Love with jewels on, but without either flowers or veil. — Augustus William Hare Flower Copy Share Image
Few are aware that they want any thing, except pounds schillings and pence. — Augustus William Hare Inspirational Copy Share Image
Mythology is not religion. It may rather be regarded as the ancient substitute, the poetical counterpart, for dogmatic theology. — Augustus William Hare Ancient Copy Share Image
Many men spend their lives in gazing at their own shadows, and so dwindle away into shadows thereof. — Augustus William Hare Gazing Copy Share Image
I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker; for it was not on the door of heaven. — Augustus William Hare Cobwebs Copy Share Image
How often one sees people looking far and wide for what they are holding in their hands? Why! I am doing it… — Augustus William Hare Hands Copy Share Image
In the moment of our creation we receive the stamp of our individuality; and much of life is spent in rubbing off… — Augustus William Hare Creation Copy Share Image
The cross was two pieces of dead wood; and a helpless, unresisting Man was nailed to it; yet it was mightier than… — Augustus William Hare Christ on the cross Copy Share Image
The effects of human wickedness are written on the page of history in characters of blood: but the impression soon fades away;… — Augustus William Hare Blood Copy Share Image
I suspect we have internal senses. The mind's eye since Shakespeare's time has been proverbial; and we have also a mind's ear.… — Augustus William Hare Argument Copy Share Image
The grand difficulty is to feel the reality of both worlds, so as to give each its due place in our thoughts… — Augustus William Hare Adversity Copy Share Image