162 Quotes by Hannah More

If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.

the uncandid censurer always picks out the worst man of a class, and then confidently produces him as being a fair specimen of it.

Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.

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.

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.

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

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.

Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!

Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die.