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Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers: From the Fifth London Ed

Book by Augustus William Hare · 21 quotes · May, Mind, Virtue

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“Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.”

“When will talkers refrain from evil speaking? When listeners refrain from evil hearing. At present there are many so credulous of evil, they will receive suspicions and impressions against persons whom they don't know, from a person whom they do know--an authority good for nothing.”

“Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are.”