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Augustus Hare Quotes


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.

Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.

To Adam Paradise was home. To the good among his descendants home is paradise.

What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.

What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.