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Learning gives us a fuller conviction of the imperfections of our nature which one would think, might dispose us to modesty.

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
Might
Fuller
Giving
Imperfections
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Imperfection
Think
Modesty
Thinking
Conviction
Gives
Learning
Nature
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