Jeremy Collier Quotes


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.


Citations

Collier, Jeremy. Essays upon Several Moral Subjects. Part III, W. B. for H. Rhodes and T. Newborough, 1705, p. 191.

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Jeremy Collier
Jeremy Collier
  • Born: September 23, 1650
  • Died: April 26, 1726
  • Nationality: English
  • Profession: Clergyman

Jeremy Collier was an English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian.