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Jeremy Collier Quotes

«Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.»
Author: Jeremy Collier | About: Books, Support | Keywords: burden, solitude, support
«Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty»
«Belief gets in the way of learning.»
Author: Jeremy Collier | About: Belief
«People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.»
«How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.»
«As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room»
«Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.»
«True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.»
Author: Jeremy Collier | Keywords: impregnable
«Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.»
Author: Jeremy Collier | Keywords: seeming
«In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinion of his fellow men. He is constantly acting a studied part.»