Light, when suddenly let in, dazzles and hurts and almost blinds us: but this soon passes away, and it seems to become… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
Instead of watching the bird as it flies above our heads, we chase his shadow along the ground; and, finding we cannot… — Augustus William Hare Bird Copy Share Image
Forms and regularity of proceeding, if they are not justice, partake much of the nature of justice, which, in its highest sense,… — Augustus William Hare Ceremony Copy Share Image
What a type of happy family is the family of the Sun! With what order, with what harmony, with what blessed peace,… — Augustus William Hare Blessed Copy Share Image
Few minds are sunlike, sources of light in themselves and to others: many more are moons that shine with a borrowed radiance.… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
The difference between those whom the world esteems as good and those whom it condemns as bad, is in many cases little… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
Moral prejudices are the stopgaps of virtue; and, as is the case with other stopgaps, it is often more difficult to get… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
The body too has its rights; and it will have them: they cannot be trampled on without peril. The body ought to… — Augustus William Hare Best friend Copy Share Image
In science its main worth is temporary, as a stepping-stone to something beyond. Even [Newton's] Principia ... is truly but the beginning… — Augustus William Hare Brother Copy Share Image
Leaves are light, and useless, and idle, and wavering, and changeable; they even dance; and yet God in his wisdom has made… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it:… — Augustus William Hare Book Copy Share Image
What do our clergy lose by reading their sermons? They lose preaching, the preaching of the voice in many cases, the preaching… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
The ablest writer is only a gardener first, and then a cook: his tasks are, carefully to select and cultivate his strongest… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image