Hannah More Quotes on Virtue
Hannah More was an English religious writer, moral philosopher, and educational reformer of the late Georgian era, the most widely read English moral author of her time, and a central figure of the Clapham Sect of evangelical reformers. This page collects quotes attributed to Hannah More on the topic of virtue, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“Christianity is the religion not of speculation but of life.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“True education forms the heart before the mind, and trains the affections to the love of what is good.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“A woman's understanding cannot be schooled by trinkets.”
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Attributed to Hannah More:
“We do not need cleverness in our daughters; we need character.”