18 ordspråk av Jeremy Collier
Jeremy Collier
A brave mind is always impregnable.
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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
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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
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Belief gets in the way of learning.
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Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
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Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
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Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
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Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
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How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in their birth by a cowardly imagination.
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I used to walk to school with my nose buried in a book.
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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.
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Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom
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Knowledge is the consequence of time, and multitude of days are fittest to teach wisdom
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Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature; which one would think, might dispose us to modesty
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People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company.
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