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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.

John Locke

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
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
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
A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
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Get Happiness Health Well
I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
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Matter Religion Use
The senses at first let in particular Ideas, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet: And the Mind by degrees growing familiar with some of them, they are lodged in the Memory, and Names got to them.
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Memories Names Science
Struggle is nature’s way of strengthening it
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Strengthening Struggle Way
Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
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Book Men Thinking
When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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Degrees Landed Talk
Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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Anyone Country People Tell
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
How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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Holding Long Use
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
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.
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Knowing Men Reading
Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.
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Delight Ideas Reflecting Upon
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.
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Balance Integrity Men

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