K.S. Collier Quotes
By reading a man does, as it were, antedate his life, and make himself contemporary with the ages past; and this way of running up beyond one's nativity is better than Plato's pre-existence.
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.
It is a difficult task to talk to the purpose, and to put life and perspicuity into our discourse.
Conscience and covetousness are never to be reconciled; like fire and water they always destroy each other, according to the predominancy of the element.
Remorse of conscience is like an old wound; a man is in no condition to fight under such circumstances. The pain abates his vigor and takes up too much of his attention.
I would not despair unless I knew the irrevocable decree was passed; saw my misfortune recorded in the book of fate, and signed and sealed by neces-sity.
Confidence, as opposed, to modesty and distinguished from decent assurance, proceeds from self-opinion, and is occasioned by ignorance and flattery.
Most conduct is guided by norms rather than by laws. Norms are voluntary and are effective because they are enforced by peer pressure.
Begin to free yourself at once by doing all that is possible with the means you have, and as you proceed in this spirit the way will open for you to do more.
Face towards the perfect image of every organ and the shadows of disease will never touch you.
We have become so accustomed to hearing everyone claim that his product is the best in the world, or the cheapest, that we take all such statements with a grain of salt.
Elections determine who is in power, but they do not determine how power is used.
Without an informed electorate, politicians will continue to use the bottom billion merely for photo opportunities, rather than promoting real transformation.
Without discretion, people may be overlaid with unreasonable affection, and choked with too much nourishment.
Envy is of all others the most ungratifying and disconsolate passion. There is power for ambition, pleasure for luxury, and pelf even for covetousness; but envy gets no reward but vexation.
My girlfriend is a great support, and I've got a big circle of mates who keep my feet on the ground.
I just want to say thank you to everyone who watched and tuned in and loved my evil gayness.
Poverty is not intrinsically a trap, otherwise we would all still be poor.
Maybe freedom means defining yourself any way you want to be.
Politicians would only move beyond gestures once there was a critical mass of informed citizens.
He that would be a master must draw from the life as well as copy from originals, and join theory and experience together.
We must not let go manifest truths because we cannot answer all questions about them.
Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper.
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?
Truth is the band of union and the basis of human happiness. Without this virtue there is no reliance upon language, no confidence in friendship, no security in promises and oaths.
Avoid all affectation and singularity. What is according to nature is best, and what is contrary to it is always distasteful. Nothing is graceful that is not our own.
Thoughts take up no room. When they are right, they afford a portable pleasure, which one may travel with, without any trouble or encumbrance.
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.
I love being chubby because chicks that smoke pot love me. They think I have food at my house.
I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!
There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!
Sometimes people can be guilty of not working at relationships and if it's not working, oof, that's it.
I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.
And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’
