... those, who from an immoderate and false self-love, study to keep their humanity under, always take care, for their own sakes, to represent poverty to themselves, as something ridiculous, mean, and contemptible.
How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation! - Mary Collyer
How tedious is time, when his wings are loaded with expectation!
- Mary Collyer
What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue - Mary Collyer
What the eye does not see, the heart does not rue
I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must be less communicative, in… - 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 be less communicative, in…
I am to consider the many advantages arising from a frequent use of oaths, curses, and imprecations. In the first place, this genteel accomplishment … - 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 …
Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end. - Mary Collyer
Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end.
swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb. - 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.
Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions. - Mary Collyer
Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.
prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent. - Mary Collyer
prayer must be, in its own nature, absurd and impertinent.
The most savage and voracious animal never kills to increase his wealth, or open a way to grandeur. It slays to satisfy his hunger, or in a natural d… - 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, or in a natural d…
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