Julius Charles Hare
Julius Charles Hare
Julius Charles Harewas an English theological writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionClergyman
Date of Birth13 September 1795
Julius Charles Hare quotes about
white mind black
The mind is like a sheet of white paper in this, that the impressions it receives the oftenest, and retains the longest, are black ones.
adversity mind prosperity
A weak mind sinks under prosperity, as well as under adversity.
christianity virtue obedience
The virtue of Christianity is obedience.
psychology actors theater
Everybody has his own theater, in which he is manager, actor, prompter, playwrite, sceneshifter, boxkeeper, doorkeeper, all in one, and audience into the bargain.
wisdom parent intelligence
Knowledge is the parent of love; wisdom, love itself.
philosophy able philosopher
If your divines are not philosophers, your philosophy will neither be divine, nor able to divine.
philosophy human-nature humans
The business of philosophy is to circumnavigate human nature.
running husband say-anything
What a pity it is that there are so many words! Whenever one wants to say anything, three or four ways of saying it run into one's head together; and one can't tell which to choose. It is as troublesome and puzzling as choosing a ribbon ... or a husband.
brave purity virtue
By the ancients, courage was regarded as practically the main part of virtue; by us, though I hope we are not less brave, purity is so regarded now.
mean hands idols
Many people make their own God; and he is much what the French may mean when they talk of le bon Dieu,--very indulgent, rather weak, near at hand when we want anything, but far away out of sight when we have a mind to do wrong. Such a God is as much an idol as if he were an image of stone.
eye heaven shining
True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.
greatness people facts
Few people have courage enough to appear as good as they really are. Most people confuse greatness with power, despite the fact that greatness has nothing to do with power.
people serious kind
To no kind of begging are people so averse, as to begging pardon; that is, when there is any serious ground for doing so.
next very-good best-things
The next best thing to a very good joke is a very bad one.