Augustus Hare Quotes

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud. - Augustus Hare

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities. - Augustus Hare

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise. - Augustus Hare

There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the clearest proof that it is out of its element. - Augustus Hare

The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience. - Augustus Hare

The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak. - Augustus Hare

The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. - Augustus Hare

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 working together. - Augustus Hare

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them. - Augustus Hare

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. - Augustus Hare

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