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Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

John Locke

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
Whenever legislators endeavor to take away and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any further obedience.
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Arbitrary Freedom Legislator People War
We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.
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Exercise Giving Skills
Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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Anyone Country People Tell
All wealth is the product of labor.
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Fruit Labor Philosophical Wealth
You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters.
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Brother Spurs Teaching
The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
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Ideas Philosophical Philosophy
There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.
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Demand May Men
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Heaven Way Wealth
Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
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Firsts Intellect Senses
This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.
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Cat Furnish Men Pole Thinking
I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
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Amendment Liberty Reason Second
He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.
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Leisure Recreation Use
I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
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Matter Religion Use
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
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Business Philosophy War
The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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Body May People

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

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