Hannah More
Hannah More
Hannah Morewas an English religious writer and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth2 February 1745
Hannah More quotes about
people physicians wonder
I used to wonder why people should be so fond of the company of their physician, till I recollected that he is the only person with whom one dares to talk continually of oneself, without interruption, contradiction or censure; I suppose that delightful immunity doubles their fees.
vanity contentment looks
When you are disposed to be vain of your mental acquirements, look up to those who are more accomplished than yourself, that you may be fired with emulation; but when you feel dissatisfied with your circumstances, look down on those beneath you, that you may learn contentment.
soul guests earth
The soul on earth is an immortal guest.
tree produce ifs
If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree.
our-words deeds crime
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.
formidable seems reformation
All reformations seem formidable before they are attempted.
trials sober rich
... 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.
mistake youth penetration
Youth has a quickness of apprehension, which it is very apt to mistake for an acuteness of penetration.
two evil may
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.
vanity faults littles
There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.
succeed world novel
Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers ...
names world
Names govern the world.
long evil done
Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long.
silence speech variables
the modes of speech are scarcely more variable than the modes of silence.