What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
Augustus HareBetter far off to leave half the ruins and nine-tenths of the churches unseen and to see well the rest; to see them not once, but again and often again; to watch them, to learn them, to live with them, to love them, till they have become a part of life and life's recollections.
Augustus HareOnly 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 HareNever 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.
Augustus Hare