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True courage is the result of reasoning. A brave mind is always impregnable.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
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Theatre Critic
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County of Cambridge
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Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.
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Perpetual pushing and assurance put a difficulty out of countenance and make a seeming difficulty gives way.
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