Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Sensibility appears to me to be neither good nor evil in itself, but in its application. Under the influence of Christian principle,… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Life though a short, is a working day. Activity may lead to evil; but inactivity cannot be led to good. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
it is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no… — Hannah More Copy Share Image
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill… — 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 Image
Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
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 Image
He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
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 Image
A corrupt practice may be abolished, but a soiled imagination is not easily cleansed. — Hannah More Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
