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Jeremy Collier Quotes
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Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.
Jeremy Collier
Nature
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Learning
,
Might
A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jeremy Collier
Mind
,
Brave
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Jeremy Collier
Learning
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Belief
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Jeremy Collier
Keep
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Solitude
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Support
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Jeremy Collier
Great
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Everyone
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Fair
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
Jeremy Collier
School
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Book
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Used
Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Jeremy Collier
Tired
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Nothing
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Makes
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.
Jeremy Collier
Life
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Happiness
,
Men
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Jeremy Collier
Time
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Knowledge
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Wisdom
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Jeremy Collier
Tired
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Nothing
,
Company
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
Jeremy Collier
Put
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Difficulty
,
Assurance
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jeremy Collier
Courage
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Mind
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True
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Biography
Nationality:
English
Type:
Clergyman
Born: 1650
Died: 1726
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