162 Quotes by 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.

There is scarcely any fault in another which offends us more than vanity, though perhaps there is none that really injures us so little.

Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers ...

Names govern the world.

Where evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long.

Who are those ever multiplying authors that with unparalleled fecundity are overstocking the world with their quick succeeding progeny? They are novel-writers...

It’s cheaper to pardon than to resent. Forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, and the waste of spirit.

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.

He who has once taken to drink can seldom be said to be guilty of one sin only...