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What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?

John Locke

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
I do not say this, that I think there should be no difference of opinions in conversation, nor opposition in men’s discourses… ‘Tis not the owning one’s dissent from another, that I speak against, but the manner of doing it.
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Differences Men Thinking
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
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.
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Knowing Men Reading
Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Appetite Children Curiosity
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
To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
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Love might Pregnancy
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
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
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
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
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Communication Current Rude
If you punish him for what he sees you practise yourself, he… will be apt to interpret it the peevishness and arbitrary imperiousness of a father, who, without any ground for it, would deny his son the liberty and pleasure he takes himself.
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Father Liberty Son
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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Half Moments Trying
Revolt is the right of the people
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People Revolt Right
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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Fashion Philosophical Riches

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