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
dumb despair littles
Rage is for little wrongs; despair is dumb.
spring littles comfort
The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things.
littles modesty young
If a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.
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.
men thinking littles
In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind.
gratitude blessing littles
When thou hast truly thanked the Lord for every blessing sent, But little time will then remain for murmur or lament.
god desire gift-from-god
All desire the gifts of God, but they do not desire God.
mother grateful heart
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 ...
crime-and-criminals crimes dignity pursued reach small
Small habits, well pursued betimes, May reach the dignity of crimes (Florio)
funny women memorable
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
expectations desire possession
Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.
desire want forget
Those who want nothing are apt to forget how many there are who want every thing.
heart perfection selfishness
Our infinite obligations to God do not fill our hearts half as much as a petty uneasiness of our own; nor His infinite perfections as much as our smallest wants.
heart men giving
People talk as if the act of death made a complete change in the nature, as well as in the condition of man. Death is the vehicle to another state of being, but possesses no power to qualify us for that state. In conveying us to a new world it does not give us a new heart.