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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.

John Locke

Freedom of men under government is to have a standing rule to live by, common to every one of that society and made by the legislative power vested in it and not to be subject to the inconstant, uncertain, arbitrary will of another man.
JOHN LOCKE

Liberty Live Men Rules
Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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Fighting Mean Opponents
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from sensation or reflection, it will lead us farther than at first, perhaps, we should have imagined.
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Ideas Reflection Simple
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.
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Errors Giving Mistakes
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.
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Art Distance Notice Pain Perceive
Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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Diamond Math Proof
Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.
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Ignorance Use Wonder
When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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Degrees Landed Talk
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Holding Long Use
He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
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Order Respect Son
The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
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Positive Things Shadow
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
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Balance Integrity Men
Since the great foundation of fear is pain, the way to harden and fortify children against fear and danger is to accustom them to suffer pain.
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Children Pain Suffering
There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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Dark Light Player

Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.

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