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Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.

John Locke

Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?
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Doubt Running Water
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
Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
JOHN LOCKE

Common Errors Neglect
Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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Diamond Math Proof
The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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Art Great Time Littles Undertake
Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
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Desire Effort Labor
What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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Faith Inspiration Reason
Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself…She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.
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Lying Men Procure Truth
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
Beware how in making the portraiture thou breakest the pattern: for divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbours but the portraiture.
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Divinity Pattern Portraiture
Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison’d the fountain.
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Children Parent Water
No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
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Government Long Thinking
Struggle is nature’s way of strengthening it
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Strengthening Struggle Way
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.
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Blessing Children Men
I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.
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Feet Men Prayer Saw Time
Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
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Freedom Names Play

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