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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

John Locke

Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
JOHN LOCKE

Common Errors Neglect
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
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Children Curiosity Silly
The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
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Positive Things Shadow
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Holding Long Use
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
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
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Adherence Mind Prejudice
Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
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Book Men Thinking
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs … has been, not whether be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
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Age Gretest Mischie World
The senses at first let in particular Ideas, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet: And the Mind by degrees growing familiar with some of them, they are lodged in the Memory, and Names got to them.
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Memories Names Science
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
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
The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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Body May People
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
No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
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Government Long Thinking
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distinguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational, and more senseless than beasts themselves.
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Beast Creature Men Rational
Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
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Cherish Children Curiosity

When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

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