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It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.
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To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
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[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or any other age, to be convinced to the contrary.
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