"Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess."

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Source : Jeremy COLLIER (the Nonjuror.), J. E. (1838). “Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of “Sir William Jones's Discourses,” etc. [The editor's preface signed: J. E., i.e. James Elmes.]”, p.101

Jeremy Collier

#Excess Quotes #Ingredients Quotes #Degenerates Quotes

“I don't write [screenplay character] biographies beforehand. I usually go in knowing some sequences: this is where I want to start, this is where I want to end.”
“That is how the atom is split. But what does it mean ? To us who think in terms of practical use it means - Nothing !”
“If you want to get into a good entrepreneurial business, guillotines may be in fashion.”
“Like William Morris, Joe Hollis asks us to perceive paradise gardening as a juncture where artfulness directly serves life. In fact, we might go so far as to define this paradise as the place where art is indistinguishable from life, and where simplicity is codified as the best path for achieving happiness.”
“Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible”

Source : Monique Wittig (1992). “The Straight Mind: And Other Essays”, Beacon Press (MA)
“If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.”
“I had a Christian upbringing - it was all about sin and guilt. I was very happy just kissing people. I was like the make-out queen - not even second base.”
“I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition.”

Source : "FUTURES | ‘War Horse’ Breakout Jeremy Irvine" by Nigel M. Smith, www.indiewire.com. December 22, 2011.

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