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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

John Locke

Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
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Children Employed Hate Use
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural.
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Awkward Easy Imitation
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Holding Long Use
Words, in their primary or immediate signification, stand for nothing but the ideas in the mind of him who uses them.
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Ideas Mind Signification Use
Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself…She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.
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Lying Men Procure Truth
Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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Ideas Management Movement Time
Struggle is nature’s way of strengthening it
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Strengthening Struggle Way
And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of anybody, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject.
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Community Design Liberty
Children should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not to spoil or destroy any thing, unless it be for the preservation or advantage of some other that is nobler.
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Children Killing Taught
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Ends Government Philosophical
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.
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Reason Titles Two
If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.
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Dream Men Waking
Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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Diamond Math Proof
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
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
JOHN LOCKE

Fortitude Philosophical Support

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