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Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.

John Locke

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
Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
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Atheism Credit Reason
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
What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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Faith Inspiration Reason
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
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
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor
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
Knowledge being to be had only of visible and certain truth, error is not a fault of our knowledge, but a mistake of our judgment, giving assent to that which is not true.
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Errors Giving Mistakes
Don’t tell me what I can’t do!
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Allow People Tell
That which parents should take care of… is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
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Care Fancy Parent
Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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Common Errors Neglect
Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Appetite Children Curiosity
Revolt is the right of the people
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People Revolt Right
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
I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.
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Feet Men Prayer Saw Time

Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.

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Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.

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