Augustus Hare
Augustus Hare
Augustus John Cuthbert Harewas an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 March 1834
beef eating pity
Pity is like eating mustard without beef.
men simplicity fame
The greatest truths are the simplest, and so are the greatest men.
inspirational reading book
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept of the stretch.
christian fear dying
The ancients dreaded death: the Christian can only fear dying.
potatoes irishmen
Every Irishman, the saying goes, has a potato in his head.
men evil neighbor
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 himself. As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.
witty truth all-things
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
thinking voice may
Only when the voice of duty is silent, or when it has already spoken, may we allowably think of the consequences of a particular action.
people example excellent
Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.
men evil neighbor
A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.
faith character shining
The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.
no-confidence confidence-in-others
Never put much confidence in such as put no confidence in others.
character information praise
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
horse public-opinion holding-on
A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.