Facts about Augustus Hare

Occup.Writer
FromEngland
BornMarch 13, 1834
DiedJanuary 22, 1903
Aged68 years

Summary

Augustus Hare was a famous Writer from England, who lived between March 13, 1834 and January 22, 1903. He/she became 68 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 25 quotes who is written / told by Augustus.

25 Famous quotes by Augustus Hare

Small: A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm that after they have lost all they are
"A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions"
Small: A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses hav
"A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them"
Small: It is with flowers as with moral qualities the bright are sometimes poisonous but, I believe, never the
"It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet"
Small: It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and d
"It is well for us that we are born babies in intellect. Could we understand half what mothers say and do to their infants, we should be filled with a conceit of our own importance, which would render us insupportable through life"
Small: The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak
"The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak"
Small: What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our heart
"What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud"
Small: Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel
"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel"
Small: What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, in
"What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities"
Small: The virtue of paganism was strength the virtue of Christianity is obedience
"The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience"
Small: Nothing is farther than earth from heaven nothing is nearer than heaven to earth
"Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth"
Small: Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud but the day sends hi
"Nothing good bursts forth all at once. The lightning may dart out of a black cloud; but the day sends his bright heralds before him, to prepare the world for his coming"
Small: Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent
"Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent"
Small: As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure
"As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure"
Small: A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself
"A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself"
Small: To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise
"To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise"
Small: Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so goo
"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"
Small: Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more
"Love, it has been said, flows downward. The love of parents for their children has always been far more powerful than that of children for their parents; and who among the sons of men ever loved God with a thousandth part of the love which God has manifested to us?"
Small: There is no being eloquent for atheism. In that exhausted receiver the mind cannot use its wings, - the
"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"
Small: Some people carry their hearts in their heads very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficul
"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"
Small: It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good
"It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of"
Small: Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sens
"Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it"
Small: Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain tha
"Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them"
Small: Crimes sometimes shock us too much vices almost always too little
"Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little"
Small: The intellect of the wise is like glass it admits the light of heaven and reflects it
"The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it"
Small: Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the con
"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"