Obstacles are those things you see when you take your eyes off the goal.Hannah More
“It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.”
“It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.”
— HANNAH MORE
Writer and philanthropist · 1745 – 1833
Hannah More was an English writer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a member of the Bluestocking circle. She wrote influential tracts, campaigned against the slave trade, and founded schools for the poor.
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