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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, t

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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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. – John Locke

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Knowledge
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When ideas float in our mind without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call revery, our language has scarce a name for it. – John Locke

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Daydreaming
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All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. – John Locke

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Men
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Youth is the period in which a man can be hopeless. The end of every episode is the end of the world. But the power of hoping through everything, the knowledge that the soul survives its adventures, that great inspiration comes to the middle-aged. – Gilbert K. Chesterton

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One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldnt do. – Henry Ford

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