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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. – John Locke

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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. – John Locke

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

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To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality. – John Locke

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We may seem great in an employment below our worth, but we very often look little in one that is too big for us. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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Im sorry that we have to have a Washington presence. We thrived during our first 16 years without any of this. I never made a political visit to Washington and we had no people here. It wasnt on our radar screen. We were just making great software. – Bill Gates

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You need a little bit of insanity to do great things. – Henry Rollins

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Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we cant find. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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The things I want to know are in books my best friend is the man wholl get me a book I aint read. – Abraham Lincoln

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In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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