Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (13 March 1834 – 22 January 1903) was an English writer and raconteur. Read full biography of Augustus Hare →
Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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... →
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.
What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
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... →
Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.
The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.
Happy the boy whose mother is tired of talking nonsense to him before he is old enough to know the sense of it.
Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.
It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.
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.
Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (13 March 1834 – 22 January 1903) was an English writer and raconteur.