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Hannah More
1745 – 1833 • English • Writer
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Showing 10 quotesLove never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.— Hannah More
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.— Hannah More
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
Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it.— Hannah More
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
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Religion