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August Hare Quotes

«Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.»
Author: August Hare | About: Thought | Keywords: mankind, sail, sailing vessel, The Wind, vessel, wind
«Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept on the stretch.»
«Half the failures in life arise from pulling in one's horse as he is leaping.»
Author: August Hare | Keywords: arise, leaping, one-horse, pulling
«What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even, than what he condemns, of his character, information, and abilities. No wonder, then, that most people are so shy of praising anything.»