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Jeremy Collier Quotes

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

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Author Details:
Type:
Clergyman Quotes
Category:
English Clergyman Quotes
Year of Birth:
1650
Year of Death:
1726
Nationality:
English
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Select Jeremy Collier Quotations:
Belief gets in the way of learning.
Jeremy Collier

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

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

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

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

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


Quote Keywords:

Company, Nothing, Own, Quickly, Their, Tired
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All Jeremy Collier Quotations:
A brave mind is always impregnable.
Belief gets in the way of learning.
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Everyone has a fair turn to...
I used to walk to school...
Idleness is an inlet to disorder...
In civilized life, where the happiness...
Knowledge is the consequence of time...
Learning gives us a fuller conviction...
People who have nothing to do...
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a...
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