Quotes from Hannah More

If I could see the abolition of slavery... I would sing my nunc dimittis with joy.

I did not intend making a philippic against covetousness, a sin to which I believe no one here is addicted. Let us not, however, plume ourselves in not being guilty of a vice to which, as we have no natural bias so in not committing it, we resist no temptation. What I meant to insist on was, that exchanging a turbulent for a quiet sin, or a scandalous for an orderly one, is not reformation.

If the Almighty chose to establish his religion by miracles, he chooses to carry it on by means.

It is a sober truth that people who live only to amuse themselves work harder at the task than most people do in earning their daily bread.

Goals help you overcome short-term problems.

Expectation ... quickens desire, while possession deadens it.