Famous Quotes / Jeremy Collier
13 Quotations by Jeremy Collier
- 1. As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis ...
- 2. Books are but waste paper unless we spend in action the wisdom we get from thought -- asleep. When w ...
- 3. Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
- 4. Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
- 5. Hope is a vigorous principle... it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utm ...
- 6. How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by ...
- 7. I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
- 8. Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do ar ...
- 9. In civilized life, where the happiness and indeed almost the existence of man, depends on the opinio ...
- 10. Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gi ...
- 11. There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.
- 12. True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
- 13. We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.