"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is……" — Hannah More
"Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it."
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56 Quotes by Hannah More
Hannah More has 56 quotes on this site.
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In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God.
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Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech,…
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Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has…
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One kernel is felt in a hogshead; one drop of water helps to swell the ocean; a spark of fire…
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In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
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In grief we know the worst of what we feel but who can tell the end of what we fear?
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain…
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There is one single fact that one may oppose to all the wit and argument of infidelity; namely, that no…
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Man can see his reflection in water only when he bends down close to it, and the heart of man,…
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Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not…
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How much it is to be regretted, that the British ladies should ever sit down contented to polish, when they…
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Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.
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More Alcohol Quotes
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It is best to rise from life as from a banquet, neither thirsty nor drunken.
— Aristotle
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On average, drug prisoners spend more time in federal prison than rapists, who often get out on early release because…
— Michael Badnarik
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Drug prohibition has caused gang warfare and other violent crimes by raising the prices of drugs so much that vicious…
— Michael Badnarik
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Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to…
— Dave Barry
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According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision…
— Xavier Becerra
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I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger,…
— Brendan Behan
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Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony.
— Robert Benchley
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I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
— George Best
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Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
— Ambrose Bierce
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The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind.
— Humphrey Bogart
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Never accept a drink from a urologist.
— Erma Bombeck
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Wine is a treacherous friend who you must always be on guard for.
— Christian Nestell Bovee
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