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Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.

John Locke

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
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
There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Heaven Way Wealth
The greatest part of mankind … are given up to labor, and enslaved to the necessity of their mean condition; whose lives are worn out only in the provisions for living.
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Given Mean Provision
Tis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out of his estate his proportion of the maintenance of it.
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Government Libertarian Maintenance
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.
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Children Killing Taught
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
Don’t tell me what I can’t do!
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Allow People Tell
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
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
I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
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Amendment Liberty Reason Second
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
Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
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Children Employed Hate Use
To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.
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Reason Titles Two
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
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Fortitude Philosophical Support
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

Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.

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