John Locke's Quote - It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, t

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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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Logic is the anatomy of thought. – John Locke

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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. – John Locke

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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. – John Locke

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What is most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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Unless you have prepared yourself to profit by your chance, the opportunity will only make you ridiculous. A great occasion is valuable to you just in proportion as you have educated yourself to make use of it. – Orison Swett Marden

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The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive and unrealistic. – John F. Kennedy

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The reason we have poverty is that we have no imagination. There are a great many people accumulating what they think is vast wealth, but its only money… they dont know how to enjoy it, because they have no imagination. – Alan Watts

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