Quote by Jeremy Collier
People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own compa

People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

Other quotes by Jeremy Collier

Idleness is an inlet to disorder, and makes way for licentiousness. People who have nothing to do are quickly tired of their own company. – Jeremy Collier

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Laziness
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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. – Jeremy Collier

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Learning
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A man may as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. – Jeremy Collier

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Books
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The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. – Nancy Astor

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Boredom

Boredom is like a pitiless zooming in on the epidermis of time. Every instant is dilated and magnified like the pores of the face. – Charlotte Whitton

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Boredom

Nobody is bored when he is trying to make something that is beautiful, or to discover something that is true. – William Inge

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Boredom

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. – Evelyn Waugh

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Boredom

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