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Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

John Locke

Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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Diamond Math Proof
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
Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
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Habit Needs Reason
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
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
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
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
We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear.
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Chameleon Children Wonder
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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Fashion Philosophical Riches
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
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Long Philosophical World
Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.
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Eye Grateful Light
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
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
There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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Dark Light Player
The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.
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Atheism Church Men
Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
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Cherish Children Curiosity

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

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