Envy lies between two beings equal in nature though unequal in circumstances. Jeremy Collier More Quotes by Jeremy Collier More Quotes From Jeremy Collier Emulation is a handsome passion; it is enterprising, but just withal. It keeps a man within the terms of honor, and makes the contest for glory just and generous. He strives to excel, but it is by raising himself, not by depressing others. Jeremy Collier depressingpassionmen Envy is an ill-natured vice, and is made up of meanness and malice. It wishes the force of goodness to be strained, and the measure of happiness abated. It laments over prosperity, and sickens at the sight of health. It oftentimes wants spirit as well as good nature. Jeremy Collier envysightwish A man that loves to be peevish and paramount, and to play the sovereign at every turn, does but blast the blessings of life, and swagger away his own enjoyments; and not to enlarge upon not folly, not to mention the injustice of such a behavior, it is always the sign of a little, unbenevolent temper. It is disease and discredit all over, and there is no more greatness in it, than in the swelling of a dropsy. Jeremy Collier greatnessblessingmen Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or encumbrance. Jeremy Collier troublemayrooms The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it. Jeremy Collier abuseaddictionuse Intemperance is a dangerous companion. It throws many people off their guard, betrays them to a great many indecencies, to ruinous passions, to disadvantages in fortune; makes them discover secrets, drive foolish bargains, engage in play, and often to stagger from the tavern to the stews. Jeremy Collier passionplaypeople Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and animates a man to do his utmost. And thus, by perpetually pushing and assurance, it puts a difficulty out of countenance, and makes a seeming impossibility give way. Jeremy Collier hopeheartmen Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way. Jeremy Collier pushinggivingway We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them. Jeremy Collier truth-isanswersletting-go Patient waiting is often the highest way of doing God's will. Jeremy Collier waitingpatienceway 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 Jeremy Collier crowdsmindhands Dependence goes somewhat against the grain of a generous mind; and it is no wonder that it should do so, considering the unreasonable advantage which is often taken of the inequality of fortune. Jeremy Collier takenmindwonder Rhetoric is nothing but reason well dressed and argument put in order. Jeremy Collier argumentreasonorder True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable. Resolution lies more in the head than in the veins, and a just sense of honor and of infamy, of duty and of religion, will carry us farther than all the force of mechanism. Jeremy Collier bravecouragelying Self-conceit is a weighty quality, and will sometimes bring down the scale when there is nothing else in it. It magnifies a fault beyond proportion, and swells every omission into an outrage. Jeremy Collier omissionqualityself What sun is there within us that shoots his rays with so sudden a vigor? To see the soul flash in the face at this rate one would think would convert an atheist. By the way, we may observe that smiles are much more becoming than frowns. This seems a natural encouragement to good-humor; as much as to say, if people have a mind to be handsome, they must not be peevish and untoward. Jeremy Collier encouragementatheistthinking 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. Jeremy Collier sparkspovertyfuel Goodness is generous and diffusive; it is largeness of mind, and sweetness of temper,--balsam in the blood, and justice sublimated to a richer spirit. Jeremy Collier mindjusticeblood What can be more honorable than to have courage enough to execute the commands of reason and conscience,--to maintain the dignity of our nature, and the station assigned us? Jeremy Collier dignityhonorreason Modesty was designed by Providence as a guard to virtue, and that it might be always at hand it is wrought into the mechanism of the body. It is likewise proportioned to the occasions of life, and strongest in youth when passion is so too. Jeremy Collier passionbodyhands
