Sophia Lee Professions : Novelist Born : 1750 Died : March 13, 1824 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by Sophia Lee Hope is slowly extinguished and quickly revived. Sophia Lee hope Avarice is rarely the vice of youth. Sophia Lee youth greed vices Can mortal prayers ensure immortal happiness? Sophia Lee immortal mortals prayer How we are born to invent our own miseries! Sophia Lee misery born Benevolence, like religion, awes even those it cannot win. Sophia Lee benevolence awe winning Let us respect even error when it has its source in virtue. Sophia Lee virtue source errors How easy it is to be unknown! Sophia Lee easy Society, that first of blessings, brings with it evils death only can cure. Sophia Lee blessing evil firsts Similar Authors Adam Johnson novelist Ivan Goncharov novelist Binnie Kirshenbaum novelist Bruce Jay Friedman novelist Buchi Emecheta novelist Bryce Courtenay novelist All Authors