Hannah More Quotes

Hannah More — English Writer born on February 02, 1745, died on September 07, 1833

Hannah More was 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... (wikipedia)

Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.

Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.