Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
JOHN LOCKENot time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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That which parents should take care of… is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
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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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Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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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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Since nothing appears to me to give Children so much becoming Confidence and Behavior, and so raise them to the conversation of those above their Age, as Dancing. I think they should be taught to dance as soon as they are capable of learning it.
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I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
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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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There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
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Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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I doubt not, but from self-evident Propositions, by necessary Consequences, as incontestable as those in Mathematics, the measures of right and wrong might be made out.
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The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.
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Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. The great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.
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All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man’s self whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
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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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