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> [prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/prayer-must-be-in-its-own-nature-absurd-and-impertinent/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

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## More by Mary Collyer

> [How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/how-tedious-is-time-when-his-wings-are-loaded-with-expectation/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/prayer-must-be-in-its-own-nature-absurd-and-impertinent/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/i-am-strangely-addicted-to-the-writing-of-long-letters-which-i-am/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/what-the-eye-does-not-see-the-heart-does-not-rue/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/virtue-is-the-music-of-the-soul-the-harmony-of-the-passions/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions; it is the order, the symmetry, the interior beauty of the mind;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/virtue-is-the-music-of-the-soul-the-harmony-of-the-passions-it-is-the/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/swearing-is-as-i-have-said-learning-to-the-ignorant-eloquence-to-the/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [I am to consider the many advantages arising from a frequent use of oaths, curses, and imprecations. In the first place, this genteel accomplishment…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/i-am-to-consider-the-many-advantages-arising-from-a-frequent-use-of/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/oaths-and-curses-are-a-proof-of-a-most-heroic-courage-at-least-in/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [Avarice, with all its black attendants, is confessedly a crime of old age, and seldom arrives at maturity till accompanied with gray hairs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/avarice-with-all-its-black-attendants-is-confessedly-a-crime-of-old/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [The most savage and voracious animal never kills to increase his wealth, or open a way to grandeur. It slays to satisfy his hunger,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/the-most-savage-and-voracious-animal-never-kills-to-increase-his/)

[Mary Collyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-collyer/)

> [... those, who from an immoderate and false self-love, study to keep their humanity under, always take care, for their own sakes, to represent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-collyer/those-who-from-an-immoderate-and-false-self-love-study-to-keep-their/)

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