What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men. - Augustus Hare
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
- Augustus Hare
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it. - Augustus Hare
The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in h… - Augustus Hare
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others. A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in h…
Every Irishman, the saying goes, has a potato in his head. - Augustus Hare
Every Irishman, the saying goes, has a potato in his head.
A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. - Augustus Hare
A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience. - Augustus Hare
The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things. - Augustus Hare
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
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… - Augustus Hare
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…
Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. - Augustus Hare
Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.
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