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Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.

John Locke

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
There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.
JOHN LOCKE

Demand May Men
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Holding Long Use
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Heaven Way Wealth
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
It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
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Day Differences Labor May
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
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
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Children Men Philosophical
Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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Fighting Mean Opponents
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
Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.
JOHN LOCKE

Common Littles Men
Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take care about the meaning of their own words, and will not suffer the insignificancy of their expressions to be inquired into.
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Expression Fashion Suffering
What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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Faith Inspiration Reason
The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
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Foundation Happiness Liberty
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Differences Men Thinking
Children should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not to spoil or destroy any thing, unless it be for the preservation or advantage of some other that is nobler.
JOHN LOCKE

Children Killing Taught

Man is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.

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