Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Mortimer Collins

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

Edward James Mortimer Collins was an English novelist, journalist and poet. Some of his lyrics, with their "light grace, their sparkling wit and their airy philosophy", were described in the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica as "equal to anything of their kind in modern English".

English - Novelist | June 29, 1827 - July 28, 1876

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There was an ape in the days that were earlier, Centuries passed and his hair became curlier; Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist — Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

Mortimer Collins

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind.

Mortimer Collins

Hypochondriacs squander large sums of time in search of nostrums by which they vainly hope they may get more time to squander.

Mortimer Collins

Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure.

Mortimer Collins

O, to bring back the great Homeric time, The simple manners and the deed sublime: When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate, Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.

Mortimer Collins

There are two classes of men; those who are content to yield to circumstances and who play whist; those who aim to control circumstances, and who play Chess

Mortimer Collins

Life and the Universe show spontaneity;Down with ridiculous notions of Deity!Churches and creeds are lost in the mists;Truth must be sought with the Positivists.

Mortimer Collins

Top 7 Quotes & Sayings by Mortimer Collins

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