If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Hannah More More Quotes by Hannah More More Quotes From Hannah More Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing. Hannah More evil may two There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little. Hannah More vanity faults littles Going to the opera, like getting drunk, is a sin that carries its own punishment with it. Hannah More women memorable funny he who finds he has wasted a shilling may by diligence hope to fetch it up again; but no repentance or industry can ever bring back one wasted hour. Hannah More fetch may time nothing is more common than to mistake the sign for the thing itself; nor is any practice more frequent than that of endeavoring to acquire the exterior mark, without once thinking to labor after the interior grace. Hannah More practice mistake thinking Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart. Hannah More temptation heart lying oblivion has been noticed as the offspring of silence. Hannah More offspring oblivion silence We do not really know how to forgive until we know what it is to be forgiven. Hannah More forgiveness forgiving jesus The ingenuity of self-deception is inexhaustible. Hannah More self-deception deception self Love never reasons, but profusely gives, Hannah More romance love giving In men this blunder still you find; all think their little set mankind. Hannah More conceited men thinking we contrive to make revenge itself look like religion. We call down thunder on many a head under pretence, that those on whom we invoke it are God's enemies, when perhaps we invoke it because they are ours. Hannah More revenge looks enemy The ubiquity of the Divine presence is the only true support, and I am sometimes astonished how persons, who evidently do not possess that grand source of consolation, keep up their spirits under trials and difficulties. It must be owing to careless tempers and nerves of brass. Hannah More ubiquity nerves support Repentance is not completed by a single act, it must be incorporated into our mind, till it become a fixed state, arising from a continual sense of our need of it. Hannah More repentance mind needs Goals help you overcome short-term problems. Hannah More goal overcoming helping There are only two bad things in this world, sin and bile. Hannah More evil two world The roses of pleasure seldom last long enough to adorn the brow of him who plucks them; for they are the only roses which do not retain their sweetness after they have lost their beauty. Hannah More lasts rose long Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right. Hannah More resentment forgiving evil It is doing some service to humanity, to amuse innocently. They know but little of society who think we can bear to be always employed, either in duties or meditation, without relaxation. Hannah More meditation humanity thinking Perfect purity, fullness of joy, everlasting freedom, perfect rest, health and fruition, complete security, substantial and eternal good. Hannah More perfect joy heaven
