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The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.

John Locke

The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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Body May People
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
Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
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Freedom Names Play
But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
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Oppression People
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
Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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Anyone Country People Tell
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
Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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Ideas Management Movement Time
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
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
Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that ’tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for’t.
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Gentleman Men Opposites
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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Children Curiosity Silly
Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in Truth.
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Men Science Truth
Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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Common Errors Neglect
Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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Fighting Mean Opponents
Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.
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Eye Grateful Light

The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.

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