« All May Quotes · Augustus William Hare's Page
May Quotes by Augustus William Hare
- The praises of others may be of use in teaching us, not what we are, but what we ought to be.
- Few minds are sunlike, sources of light in themselves and to others: many more are moons that shine with a borrowed radiance. One may easily…
- Practical life teaches us that people may differ and that both may be wrong: it also teaches us that people may differ and both be…
- Temporary madness may be necessary in some cases, to cleanse and renovate the mind; just as a fit of illness is to carry off the…
- Life may be defined to be the power of self-augmentation or assimilation, not of self-nurture; for then a steam-engine over a coal-pit might be made…
More May Quotes
- Economic growth may one day turn out to be a curse rather than a good, and under no conditions can it either… — Hannah Arendt
- To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Sometimes people who want to understand Haiti from a political perspective may be missing part of the picture. They also need to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- It is just that we should be grateful, not only to those with whose views we may agree, but also to those… — Aristotle
- Quickly, bring me a beaker of wine, so that I may wet my mind and say something clever. — Aristophanes
- Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. — William Shakespeare
- The parents have to learn that the child should not be insulted, humiliated, condemned. If you want to help him, love him… — Rajneesh
- If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is nature's way. — Aristotle