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Curiosity is little more than another name for Hope.

Augustus William Hare

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Augustus William Hare
Age: 41 †
Born: 1792
Born: November 17
Died: 1834
Died: January 22
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People cannot go wrong, if you don't let them. They cannot go right, unless you let them.
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When will talkers refrain from evil speaking: when listeners refrain from evil-hearing.
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If you wish a general to be beaten, send him a ream full of instructions if you wish him to succeed, give him a destination, and bid him conquer.
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The thoughtful excitement of lonely rambles, of gardening, and of other like occupations, where the mind has leisure to must during the healthful activity of the body, with the fresh and wakeful breezes blowing round it.
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I could hardly feel much confidence in a man who had never been imposed upon.
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I was surprised just now at seeing a cobweb around a knocker for it was not on the door of heaven.
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