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Augustus Hare

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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.


— Augustus Hare


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


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The power of faith will often shine forth the most when the character is naturally weak.


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Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.


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As to the pure all things are pure, even so to the impure all things are impure.


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The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.


— Augustus Hare


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A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself.


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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.


— Augustus Hare


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


— Augustus Hare


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


— Augustus Hare


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This last included a number of accounts of encounters with ghosts. Augustus John Cuthbert Hare (13 March 1834 – 22 January 1903) was an English writer and raconteur. ")
In his biography of Somerset Maugham writer Ted Morgan mentions that Hare whom he refers to as "the last Victorian" befriended Maugham who became a frequent guest at his country house Holmhurst in Baldslow Sussex.

He was the youngest son of Francis George Hare of Herstmonceux East Sussex and Gresford Flintshire Wales and nephew of Augustus William Hare and Julius Hare. This last included a number of accounts of encounters with ghosts. He also compiled numerous travel books compiled for John Murray including Walks in Rome Walks in London Wanderings in Spain Cities of Northern Southern and Central Italy (separate works) Days near Rome.

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