Those who despise fame seldom deserve it. We are apt to undervalue the purchase we cannot reach, to conceal our poverty the better. It is a spark which kindles upon the best fuel, and burns brightest in the bravest breast.
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. They help us … - Jeremy Collier
Books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age. They support us under solitude, and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. They help us …
- Jeremy Collier
Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swel… - Jeremy Collier
Fortitude implies a firmness and strength of mind, that enables us to do and suffer as we ought. It rises upon an opposition, and, like a river, swel…
The more we sink into the infirmities of age, the nearer we are to immortal youth. All people are young in the other world. That state is an eternal … - Jeremy Collier
The more we sink into the infirmities of age, the nearer we are to immortal youth. All people are young in the other world. That state is an eternal …
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves. - Jeremy Collier
Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.
To believe a business impossible is the way to make it so. How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in thei… - Jeremy Collier
To believe a business impossible is the way to make it so. How many feasible projects have miscarried through despondency, and been strangled in thei…
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. - Jeremy Collier
A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading.
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the cor… - Jeremy Collier
Atheism is the result of ignorance and pride; of strong sense and feeble reasons; of good eating and ill-living. It is the plague of society, the cor…
True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. - Jeremy Collier
True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases. - Jeremy Collier
Everyone has a fair turn to be as great as he pleases.
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