He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only. Hannah More More Quotes by Hannah More More Quotes From Hannah More A faint endeavor ends in a sure defeat. Hannah More defeatendsinspirational In agony or danger, no nature is atheist. The mind that knows not what to fly to, flies to God. Hannah More agonyatheistmind Oh! the joy Of young ideas painted on the mind, In the warm glowing colors fancy spreads On objects not yet known, when all is new, And all is lovely. Hannah More glowingcolorideas it may be in morals as it is in optics, the eye and the object may come too close to each other, to answer the end of vision. There are certain faults which press too near our self-love to be even perceptible to us. Hannah More visioneyeself eternity is a depth which no geometry can measure, no arithmetic calculate, no imagination conceive, no rhetoric describe. Hannah More deptheternityimagination We have employments assigned to us for every circumstance in life. When we are alone, we have our thoughts to watch; in the family, our tempers; and in company, our tongues. Hannah More employmentwatcheslife we live in an age which must be amused, though genius, feeling, trust, and principle be the sacrifice. Hannah More sacrificeagefeelings The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Hannah More parentseahome If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Hannah More produceifstree The soul on earth is an immortal guest. Hannah More guestssoulearth Prayer is not eloquence but earnestness. Hannah More compunctioneloquenceprayer Our merciful Father has no pleasure in the sufferings of His children; He chastens them in love; He never inflicts a stroke He could safely spare; He inflicts it to purify as well as to punish, to caution as well as to cure, to improve as well as to chastise. Hannah More sufferingfatherchildren How short is human life! the very breath Hannah More human-lifehumansdeath Anger is the common refuge of insignificance. People who feel their character to be slight, hope to give it weight by inflation: but the blown bladder at its fullest distention is still empty. Hannah More angercharacterpeople 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 rootsmenchildren Where bright imagination reigns, the fine-wrought spirit feels acuter pains. Hannah More reignpainimagination A small unkindness is a great offence. Hannah More offenceunkindnesskindness To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint! Hannah More painttheeknows Gentleness is the outgrowth of benignity. Hannah More gentleness The sober comfort, all the peace which springs from the large aggregate of little things. Hannah More comfortspringlittles
