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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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Whosoever will list himself under the banner of Christ, must, in the first place and above all things, make war upon his own lusts and vices. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit.
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If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do much what as wisely as he who would not use his legs, but sit still and perish, because he had no wings to fly.
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There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason. Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has any right to but himself. The people cannot delegate to government the power to do anything which would be unlawful for them to do themselves.
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A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
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The chief art of learning is to attempt but a little at a time.
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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
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Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature
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Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.
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The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.
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Whosoever is found variable, and changeth manifestly without manifest cause, giveth suspicion of corruption: therefore, always, when thou changest thine opinion or course, profess it plainly, and declare it, together with the reasons that move thee to change.
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Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.
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The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration.
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Where there is no property there is no injustice.
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Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.
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Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
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There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
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How then shall they have the play-games you allow them, if none must be bought for them? I answer, they should make them themselves, or at least endeavour it, and set themselves about it. ...And if you help them where they are at a stand, it will more endear you to them than any chargeable toys that you shall buy for them.
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As usurpation is the exercise of power which another has a right to, so tyranny is the exercise of power beyond right, which nobody can have a right to.
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