Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.
Hannah More Quotes
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.
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| Birth: | 2nd February, 1745 |
| Death: | 7th September, 1833 |
| Nationality: | British |
| Profession: | Writer |
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Hannah More was an English religious writer and philanthropist. She can be said to have made three reputations in the course of her long life: as a poet and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, as a writer on moral and religious subjects, and as a practical philanthropist.
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