David Hare

Strength was the virtue of paganism; obedience is the virtue of Christianity. ↗

— David Hare

#obedience #paganism #strength #virtue

Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather. ↗

— David Hare

#else #indicate #like #little #mercury

The poetry from the eighteenth century was prose; the prose from the seventeenth century was poetry. ↗

— David Hare

#eighteenth #eighteenth century #poetry #prose #seventeenth

Thought is the wind and knowledge the sail. ↗

— David Hare

#sail #thought #wind

To those whose God is honor; only disgrace is a sin. ↗

— David Hare

#god #honor #only #sin #those

Weak minds sink under prosperity as well as adversity; but strong and deep ones have two high tides. ↗

— David Hare

#deep #high #minds #ones #prosperity

When they speak, dead frogs fall out of their mouths. ↗

— David Hare

#fall #frogs #mouths #out #speak

Some people carry their heart in their head and some carry their head in their heart. The trick is to keep them apart yet working together. ↗

— David Hare

#carry #head #heart #keep #people