Among the many evils which prevail under the sun, the abuse of words is not the least considerable. By the influence of time, and the perversion of fashion, the plainest and most unequivocal may be so altered, as to have a meaning assigned them almost diametrically opposite to their original signification.
Hannah MoreWhere evil may be done, it is right to ponder; where only suffered, know the shortest pause is much too long.
Hannah MoreDid not God Sometimes withhold in mercy what we ask, We should be ruined at our own request.
Hannah MoreIf a young lady has that discretion and modesty without which all knowledge is little worth, she will never make an ostentatious parade of it, because she will rather be intent on acquiring more than on displaying what she has.
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