Hannah More



Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer and philanthropist.

Quotes

 * The keen spirit Seizes the prompt occasion, makes the thought Start into instant action, and at once Plans and performs, resolves and executes!
 * Daniel


 * A crown! what is it?
 * It is to bear the miseries of a people!
 * To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents,
 * And sink beneath a load of splendid care!
 * Daniel, Pt. VI

To the fond votaries of fame unknown, To hear the still small voice of conscience speak In whisp'ring plaudit to the silent soul.
 * ...  There's a joy,
 * David and Goliath, Pt. I


 * To those who know thee not, no words can paint! And those who know thee, know all words are faint!
 * Sensibility


 * Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs.
 * Sensibility


 * In men this blunder still you find,— All think their little set mankind.
 * Florio, Pt. I


 * Small habits well pursued betimes May reach the dignity of crimes.
 * Florio, Pt. I


 * That silence is one of the great arts of conversation is allowed by Cicero himself, who says, there is not only an art, but even an eloquence in it.
 * Essays on Various Subjects