Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of time, and the perversion of fashion, the plainest and most unequivocal may be so altered, as to have… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
I am persuaded that there is no affection of the human heart more exquisitely pure, than that which is felt by a grateful son… — Hannah More Copy Share
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. — Hannah More Copy Share
Yes, thou art ever present, power divine; not circumscribed by time, nor fixed by space, confined to altars, nor to temples bound. In wealth,… — Hannah More Copy Share
He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only. — Hannah More Copy Share
We are too ready to imagine that we are religious, because we know something of religion. We appropriate to ourselves the pious sentiments we… — Hannah More Copy Share
A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed. — Hannah More Copy Share
Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all… — Hannah More Copy Share
If we commit any crime, or do any good here, it must be in thought; for our words are few and our deeds none… — Hannah More Copy Share
nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to… — Hannah More Copy Share
“Forgiveness spares the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.” — Hannah More Copy Share
How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they are able to reform;… — Hannah More Copy Share
Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers. — Hannah More Copy Share
