Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.


Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III.... By Jeremy Collier, M.A. (ed. 1720)

Jeremy Collier Quotes

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.

Passing too eagerly upon a provocation loses the guard and lays open the body; calmness and leisure and deliberation do the business much better.