Quotes by Jeremy Collier

As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of the mind, and crowds a great deal in a little room.
– Jeremy Collier
Belief gets in the way of learning.
– Jeremy Collier
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
– Jeremy Collier
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
– Jeremy Collier
How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
– Jeremy Collier
I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
– 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
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
Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
– Jeremy Collier
True courage is a result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
– 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
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom.
– Jeremy Collier