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There are few things reason can discover with so much certainty and ease as its own insufficiency.

Jeremy Collier

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Jeremy Collier
Age: 76 †
Born: 1650
Born: January 1
Died: 1726
Died: January 1
Literary Critic
Priest
Theatre Critic
Writer
County of Cambridge
Reason
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Things
Insufficiency
Certainty
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It were well if there were fewer heroes for I scarcely ever heard of any, excepting Hercules, but did more mischief than good. These overgrown mortals commonly use their will with their right hand and their reason with their left.
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The abuse of a thing is no argument against the use of it.
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Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper.
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