Augustus William Hare
Quotes by Augustus William Hare
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Do, and have done. The former is far the easiest.
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When a man says he sees nothing in a book, he very often means that he does not see himself in it: which, if it is not a comedy or a satire, is likely enough.
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How few are our real wants! and how easy is it to satisfy them! Our imaginary ones are boundless and insatiable.
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He who does evil that good may come, pays a toll to the devil to let him into heaven.
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A faith that sets bounds to itself, that will believe so much and no more, that will trust thus far and no further, is none.
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Nobody who is afraid of laughing, and heartily too, at his friend, can be said to have a true and thorough love for him.
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Excessive indulgence to others, especially to children is in fact only self-indulgence under an alias.
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Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.
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The most mischievous liars are those who keep sliding on the verge of truth.
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True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.
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What do our clergy lose by reading their sermons? They lose preaching, the preaching of the voice in many cases, the preaching of the eye almost always.
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Many a man's vices have at first been nothing worse than good qualities run wild.
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