Augustus Hare
Augustus Hare
Augustus John Cuthbert Harewas an English writer and raconteur...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 March 1834
men thinking principles
Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them.
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.
witty truth all-things
Truth, when witty, is the wittiest of all things.
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.
loss evil prejudice
It is a proof of our natural bias to evil, that gain is slower and harder than loss in all things good; but in all things bad getting is quicker and easier than getting rid of.