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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

John Locke

If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from sensation or reflection, it will lead us farther than at first, perhaps, we should have imagined.
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Ideas Reflection Simple
Revolt is the right of the people
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People Revolt Right
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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Ends Government Philosophical
A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.
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Kings Men Names
Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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Anyone Country People Tell
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
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.
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Eye Grateful Light
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
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Day Differences Labor May
It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
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Argument Command Penalties
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
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
We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
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Inspirational Philosophical Taken
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
In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.
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Book Successful Writing

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