Jeremy Collier Quotes.
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the corrupter of manners, and the underminer of property.
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.
Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark which kindles upon the best fuel, and burns brightest in the bravest breast.
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
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.
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
He that would relish success to a purpose should keep his passions cool, and his expectations low; and then it is possible that his fortune might exceed his fancy; for an advantage always rises by surprise; and is almost always doubled by being unlooked for.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.
Envy, like a cold prison, benumbs and stupefies; and, conscious of its own impotence, folds its arms in despair.
To believe a business impossible is the way to make it so. How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
A brave mind is always impregnable.
People that have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of their interest and acquaintance.
He that would be a master must draw from the life as well as copy from originals, and join theory and experience together.
Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man’s imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him to a doting upon his own person.
Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the measure of happiness abated. It laments over prosperity, and sickens at the sight of health. It oftentimes wants spirit as well as good nature.
Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions, to disadvantages in fortune; makes them discover secrets, drive foolish bargains, engage in play, and often to stagger from the tavern to the stews.
