Small habits, well pursued betimes,
May reach the dignity of crimes (Florio)
Habit |
Hannah More quoteLuxury! More perilous to youth than storms or quicksand, poverty or chains.
Hannah More quote The wretch who digs the mine for bread, or ploughs, that others may be fed, feels less fatigued than that decreed to him who cannot think or read.
Hannah More quote Absence in love is like water upon fire; a little quickens, but much extinguishes it.
Hannah More quote Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.
Hannah More quote Genius without religion is only a lamp on the outer gate of a palace; it may serve to cast a gleam of light on those that are without, while the inhabitant sits in darkness.
Hannah More quote Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.
Hannah More quote It is not so important to know everything as to know the exact value of everything, to appreciate what we learn, and to arrange what we know.
Hannah More quote Biography
English writer of tracts
