Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into… — Jeremy Collier Body Copy Share Image
Goodness is generous and diffusive; it is largeness of mind, and sweetness of temper,--balsam in the blood, and justice sublimated to a… — Jeremy Collier Blood Copy Share Image
Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no… — Jeremy Collier Band Copy Share Image
Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment. — Jeremy Collier Affection Copy Share Image
Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained,… — Jeremy Collier Envy Copy Share Image
Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper. — Jeremy Collier Dangerous Copy Share Image
Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an… — Jeremy Collier Courses Copy Share Image
As the language of the face is universal, so 'tis very comprehensive; no laconism can reach it: 'Tis the short hand of… — Jeremy Collier Comprehensive Copy Share Image
Emulation is a handsome passion; it is enterprising, but just withal. It keeps a man within the terms of honor, and makes… — Jeremy Collier Contests Copy Share Image
Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will. — Jeremy Collier God 's will Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom. — Jeremy Collier Consequence Copy Share Image
Dependence goes somewhat against the grain of a generous mind; and it is no wonder that it should do so, considering the… — Jeremy Collier Advantage Copy Share Image
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the… — Jeremy Collier Atheism Copy Share Image
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. — Jeremy Collier Business Copy Share Image
Flattery is an ensnaring quality, and leaves a very dangerous impression. It swells a man's imagination, entertains his vanity, and drives him… — Jeremy Collier Dangerous Copy Share Image
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. — Jeremy Collier Books Copy Share Image
Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business… — Jeremy Collier Body Copy Share Image
A man by tumbling his thoughts, and forming them into expressions, gives them a new fermentation, which works them into a finer… — Jeremy Collier Body Copy Share Image
Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even… — Jeremy Collier Ambition Copy Share Image
Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions,… — Jeremy Collier Bargains Copy Share Image
I would not despair unless I knew the irrevocable decree was passed; saw my misfortune recorded in the book of fate, and… — Jeremy Collier Book Copy Share Image
Vanity is a strong temptation to lying; it makes people magnify their merit, over flourish their family, and tell strange stories of… — Jeremy Collier Acquaintance Copy Share Image
Of all sorts of flattery, that which comes from a solemn character and stands before a sermon is the worst-complexioned. Such commendation… — Jeremy Collier Character Copy Share Image
Not that the moderns are born with more wit than their predecessors, but, finding the world better furnished at their coming into… — Jeremy Collier Born Copy Share Image
