What did Hannah More mean by: Indeed, I have, alas! outlived almost every one of my contemporaries. One pays dear for living long. - Hannah More Copy
+ Wisdom views with an indifferent eye all finite joys, all blessings born to die. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Blessing, Eye, Wisdom, 0 - Hannah More
+ The artful injury, whose venomed dart scarce wounds the hearing, while it stabs the heart. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Hearing, Heart, Injury, 0 - Hannah More
+ A slowness to applaud betrays a cold temper or an envious spirit. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Cold, Envy, Spirit, 0 - Hannah More
+ Temptation does not make the sin, it lies ready in the heart. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Heart, Lying, Temptation, 0 - Hannah More
+ When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Fancy, Martyr, 0 - Hannah More
+ Since trifles make the sum of human things, And half our misery from our foibles springs. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Misery, Spring, 0 - Hannah More
+ It is a part of Christianity to convert every natural talent to a religious use. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, religious, Talent, 0 - Hannah More
+ We do not so much want books for good people, as books which will make bad ones better. Feraz Zeid, January 17, 2024January 17, 2024, Hannah More, Book, Good People, 0 - Hannah More
Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other’s little failings. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Pure friendship is something which men of an inferior intellect can never taste. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends as to give them no cause to miss him less. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Tell me what company thou keepest and I’ll tell thee what thou art. Explain - Miguel de Cervantes Writer · Spain