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Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.

John Locke

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John Locke
Age: 72 †
Born: 1632
Born: August 29
Died: 1704
Died: October 28
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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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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.
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General observations drawn from particulars are the jewels of knowledge, comprehending great store in a little room but they are therefore to be made with the greater care and caution, lest, if we take counterfeit for true, our loss and shame be the greater when our stock comes to a severe scrutiny.
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