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Hannah More Quotes

It is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the rumor of their exploits, to fill the world; and by their noise to multiply their numbers Picture Quote #1

Long habit so reconciles us to almost any thing, that the grossest improprieties cease to strike us when they once make a part of the common course of action Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Pleasure is by much the most laborious trade I know, especially for those who have not a vocation to it Picture Quote #1

Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves Picture Quote #1

What ascends up in prayer descends to us again in blessings. It is like the rain which just now fell, and which had been drawn up from the ground in vapors to the clouds before it descended from them to the earth in that refreshing shower Picture Quote #1

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Pride never sleeps. The principle at least is always awake. An intemperate man is sometimes sober, but a proud man is never humble Picture Quote #1

Repentance is not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it Picture Quote #1

The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure Picture Quote #1

Nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to acquire the exterior mark, without once thinking to labor after the interior grace Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little Picture Quote #1

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Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing Picture Quote #1

Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration Picture Quote #1

... it is a most severe trial for those women to be called to lay down beauty, who have nothing else to take up. It is for this sober season of life that education should lay up its rich resources Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one Picture Quote #1

It is not eloquence, but earnestness, not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but compunction of soul Picture Quote #1

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The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty Picture Quote #1

Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good Picture Quote #1

Prompt sense of equity! To thee belongs the swift redress of unexamined wrongs! Eager to serve, the cause perhaps untried, but always apt to choose the suffering side! Picture Quote #1

Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long Picture Quote #1

We have employment assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues Picture Quote #1

O, unhappy state of kings! It is well the robe of majesty is gay, or who would put it on? Picture Quote #1

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Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices Picture Quote #1

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It is the modern nature of goodness to exert itself quietly, while a few characters of the opposite cast seem, by the rumor of their exploits, to fill the world; and by their noise to multiply their numbers (Hannah More Quotes) Long habit so reconciles us to almost any thing, that the grossest improprieties cease to strike us when they once make a part of the common course of action (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 (Hannah More Quotes) Pleasure is by much the most laborious trade I know, especially for those who have not a vocation to it (Hannah More Quotes) Commending a right thing is a cheap substitute for doing it, with which we are too apt to satisfy ourselves (Hannah More Quotes) What ascends up in prayer descends to us again in blessings. It is like the rain which just now fell, and which had been drawn up from the ground in vapors to the clouds before it descended from them to the earth in that refreshing shower (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 (Hannah More Quotes) Repentance is not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it (Hannah More Quotes) The misfortune is, that religious learning is too often rather considered as an act of the memory than of the heart and affections; as a dry duty, rather than a lively pleasure (Hannah More Quotes) Nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to acquire the exterior mark, without once thinking to labor after the interior grace (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 (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 (Hannah More Quotes) Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing (Hannah More Quotes) Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration (Hannah More Quotes) ... it is a most severe trial for those women to be called to lay down beauty, who have nothing else to take up. It is for this sober season of life that education should lay up its rich resources (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 (Hannah More Quotes) Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it, and that a very severe one (Hannah More Quotes) It is not eloquence, but earnestness, not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech, but compunction of soul (Hannah More Quotes) The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty (Hannah More Quotes) Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good (Hannah More Quotes) Prompt sense of equity! To thee belongs the swift redress of unexamined wrongs! Eager to serve, the cause perhaps untried, but always apt to choose the suffering side! (Hannah More Quotes) Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long (Hannah More Quotes) We have employment assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues (Hannah More Quotes) O, unhappy state of kings! It is well the robe of majesty is gay, or who would put it on? (Hannah More Quotes) Luxury and dissipation, soft and gentle as their approaches are, and silently as they throw their silken chains about the heart, enslave it more than the most active and turbulent vices (Hannah More Quotes)

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