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

John Locke

So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
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Difficult Imperfection Writing
Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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Common Errors Neglect
What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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Faith Inspiration Reason
It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
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Mind Perfection Practice
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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Fashion Philosophical Riches
In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
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Example Imitation
All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man’s self whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
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Balance Men Self
Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison’d the fountain.
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Children Parent Water
A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.
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Ignorance Knowing Men
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Heaven Way Wealth
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
He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
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Judgement Judging Prison
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
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Communication Current Rude
Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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Fighting Mean Opponents
Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that ’tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for’t.
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Gentleman Men Opposites

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