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Famous Augustus Hare Quotes
“The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.”
“The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.”
“The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.”
“A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.”
“Nothing is farther than earth from heaven; nothing is nearer than heaven to earth.”
“Crimes sometimes shock us too much; vices almost always too little.”
“Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.”
“To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.”
“Every Irishman, the saying goes, has a potato in his head.”
“Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.”
“The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.”
“The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.”
“Few persons have courage enough to appear as good as they really are.”