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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

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Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

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One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.

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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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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

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An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Philosopher

Born: August 29th, 1632

Died: October 28th, 1704

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