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Hannah More quotes: The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read. The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.
Hannah More quotes: In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind. In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
Hannah More quotes: To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint! To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
Hannah More quotes: No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery. No adulation; 'tis the death of virtue; Who flatters, is of all mankind the lowest Save he who courts the flattery.
Hannah More quotes: In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God.
Hannah More quotes: Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains. Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains.
Hannah More quotes: All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God. All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.
Hannah More quotes: If I could see the abolition of slavery... I would sing my nunc dimittis with joy. If I could see the abolition of slavery... I would sing my nunc dimittis with joy.
Hannah More quotes: Pleasure is by much the most laborious trade I know, especially for those who have not a vocation to it. Pleasure is by much the most laborious trade I know, especially for those who have not a vocation to it.
Hannah More quotes: Indeed, I have, alas! outlived almost every one of my contemporaries. One pays dear for living long. Indeed, I have, alas! outlived almost every one of my contemporaries. One pays dear for living long.
Hannah More quotes: In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear? In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
Hannah More quotes: The uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it. The uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it.
Hannah More quotes: Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure. Proportion and propriety are among the best secrets of domestic wisdom; and there is no surer test of integrity than a well-proportioned expenditure.
Hannah More quotes: To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone ... To hint at a fault does more mischief than speaking out; for whatever is left for the imagination to finish will not fail to be overdone ...
Hannah More quotes: Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble. Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble.
Hannah More quotes: If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all. If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none at all.
Hannah More quotes: Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die.
Hannah More quotes: Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give. Sweet is the breath of praise when given by those whose own high merit claims the praise they give.
Hannah More quotes: When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament. When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.
Hannah More quotes: Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains. Luxury! more perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
Hannah More quotes: Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.
Hannah More quotes: A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat. A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat.
Hannah More quotes: Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is new, And all is lovely. Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is new, And all is lovely.
Hannah More quotes: Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it. Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
Hannah More quotes: Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb. Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb.
Hannah More quotes: A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed. A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed.
Hannah More quotes: We live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice. We live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice.
Hannah More quotes: Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict. Affliction is a sort of moral gymnasium in which the disciples of Christ are trained to robust exercise, hardy exertion, and severe conflict.
Hannah More quotes: Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul. Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but earnestness of soul.
Hannah More quotes: It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread. It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.
Hannah More quotes: Quietness is my definition of happiness. Quietness is my definition of happiness.
Hannah More quotes: When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word.
Hannah More quotes: He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only ... He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only ...
Hannah More quotes: All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted. All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.
Hannah More quotes: Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right. Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right.
Hannah More quotes: The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things. The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.
Hannah More quotes: Parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius. Parents are too apt to mistake inclination for genius.
Hannah More quotes: Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request. Did not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.
Hannah More quotes: If I wanted to punish an enemy it should be by fastening on him or her the trouble of constantly hating somebody. If I wanted to punish an enemy it should be by fastening on him or her the trouble of constantly hating somebody.
Hannah More quotes: Goals help you overcome short-term problems. Goals help you overcome short-term problems.
Hannah More quotes: Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. ... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits. Forgiveness is the economy of the heart. ... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
Hannah More quotes: Oblivion has been noticed as the offspring of silence. Oblivion has been noticed as the offspring of silence.
Hannah More quotes: Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make. Glory darts her soul-pervading ray on thrones and cottages, regardless still of all the artificial nice distinctions vain human customs make.
Hannah More quotes: Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration. Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.
Hannah More quotes: Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good. Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good.
Hannah More quotes: Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper. Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
Hannah More quotes: Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart. Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart.
Hannah More quotes: Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse? Twas doing nothing was his curse. Is there a vice can plague us worse?
Hannah More quotes: To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue. To be good and disagreeable is high treason against the royalty of virtue.
Hannah More quotes: The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded. The world does not require so much to be informed as to be reminded.
Hannah More quotes: Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes. Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.
Hannah More quotes: Love never reasons but profusely gives ... gives like a thoughtless prodigal, it's all and trembles then, lest it has done too little. Love never reasons but profusely gives ... gives like a thoughtless prodigal, it's all and trembles then, lest it has done too little.
Hannah More quotes: It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use. It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use.
Hannah More quotes: A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit.
Hannah More quotes: It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit. It's cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit.
Hannah More quotes: Sow an action, reap a habit. Sow an action, reap a habit.
Hannah More quotes: If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody. If I wished to punish my enemy, I should make him hate somebody.
Hannah More quotes: No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed. No man ever repented of being a Christian on his death bed.
Hannah More quotes: If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means. If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.
Hannah More quotes: That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it
Hannah More quotes: Anger is a violent act, envy a constant habit - no one can be always angry, but he may be always envious ... Anger is a violent act, envy a constant habit - no one can be always angry, but he may be always envious ...
Hannah More quotes: Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves. Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves.
Hannah More quotes: Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good. Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good.
Hannah More quotes: Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty. Depart from discretion when it interferes with duty.
Hannah More quotes: The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence. The modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.
Hannah More quotes: How short is human life! the very breathWhich frames my words accelerates my death. How short is human life! the very breath
Which frames my words accelerates my death.
Hannah More quotes: He who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour. He who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour.
Hannah More quotes: The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible. The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible.
Hannah More quotes: Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
Hannah More quotes: The abuse of terms has at all times been an evil. The abuse of terms has at all times been an evil.
Hannah More quotes: Gentleness is the outgrowth of benignity. Gentleness is the outgrowth of benignity.
Hannah More quotes: Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it. Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.
Hannah More quotes: Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain! Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!
Hannah More quotes: Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe. Eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe.
Hannah More quotes: Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long. Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long.
Hannah More quotes: Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing. Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.
Hannah More quotes: A small unkindness is a great offence. A small unkindness is a great offence.
Hannah More quotes: The artful injury, whose venomed dart scarce wounds the hearing, while it stabs the heart. The artful injury, whose venomed dart scarce wounds the hearing, while it stabs the heart.
Hannah More quotes: We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better. We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better.
Hannah More quotes: It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn and to arrange what we know. It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn and to arrange what we know.
Hannah More quotes: Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed. Affliction is the school in which great virtues are acquired, in which great characters are formed.
Hannah More quotes: I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son towards a mother ... I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son towards a mother ...
Hannah More quotes: There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little. There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.
Hannah More quotes: Imagination frames events unknown, In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,And what it fears creates. Imagination frames events unknown,
In wild, fantastic shapes of hideous ruin,
And what it fears creates.
Hannah More quotes: Names govern the world. Names govern the world.
Hannah More quotes: The soul on earth is an immortal guest. The soul on earth is an immortal guest.

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