Jeremy Collier Quotes

Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.
Jeremy Collier

Nature, Learning, Might

A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jeremy Collier

Belief gets in the way of learning.
Jeremy Collier

Learning, Belief

Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
Jeremy Collier

Keep, Solitude, Support

Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
Jeremy Collier

Great, Everyone, Fair

I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
Jeremy Collier

School, Book, 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, Nothing, 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, Happiness, Men

Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
Jeremy Collier

Time, Knowledge, Wisdom

People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
Jeremy Collier

Tired, Nothing, Company

Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
Jeremy Collier

Put, Difficulty, Assurance

True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Jeremy Collier

Courage, Mind, True

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Clergyman

Born: 1650

Died: 1726

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