Mortimer Collins Professions : Poet Born : June 29, 1827 Died : July 28, 1876 Browse All Authors Top 8 quotes by 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 drug disease may The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind. Mortimer Collins positive-thinking age mind 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 yield class men 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 thumbs hair men Death a friend that alone can bring the peace his treasures cannot purchase, and remove the pain his physicians cannot cure. Mortimer Collins physicians pain death 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 fate wise past 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 deities church religion A man's as old as he's feeling, A woman as old as she looks. Mortimer Collins Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
