"The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it."

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Source : Jeremy Collier (1698). “A Short View of the Immorality and Profaneness of the English Stage; Together with the Sense of Antiquity Upon this Argument. 2. Ed”, p.5

Jeremy Collier

#Addiction Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Use Quotes

“In my books, my idea is always to explore social context and social forces.”
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“To become a lifelong reader, one has to do a lot of varied and interesting reading.”
“Only connect!...Only connect the prose and the passion.”
“By Mamun's time medical schools were extremely active in Baghdad. The first free public hospital was opened in Baghdad during the Caliphate of Haroon-ar-Rashid. As the system developed, physicians and surgeons were appointed who gave lectures to medical students and issued diplomas to those who were considered qualified to practice. The first hospital in Egypt was opened in 872 AD and thereafter public hospitals sprang up all over the empire from Spain and the Maghrib to Persia.”
“We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention constitutes the major element in sin, has ordained that purity in the ruling part of our soul be our primary concern.”
“The Infinite has to be a relative concept. Go any distance: an infinite space means that there is more to be explored.”

Source : Joseph Silk (2008). “The Infinite Cosmos: Questions from the frontiers of cosmology”, p.10, OUP Oxford
“We may be truly said to worship God, though we lack perfection; but we cannot be said to worship Him if we lack sincerity.”

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