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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

John Locke

A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.
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Ignorance Knowing Men
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
Children have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
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Children Independent Thinking
No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
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Knowledge Philosophical Science
So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
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Difficult Imperfection Writing
He that makes use of another’s fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him.
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Marketing Men Use
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
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
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor
Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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Common Errors Neglect
It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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Depth Ocean Serendipity
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
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
Revolt is the right of the people
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People Revolt Right
[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men’s blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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Blood Men Thinking
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
JOHN LOCKE

Blessing Children Men

When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

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