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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – John Locke

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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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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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Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is thinking that makes what we read ours. – John Locke

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If ifs were gifts, every day would be Christmas. – Charles Barkley

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Men expect too much, do too little. – Allen Tate

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In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A promise is a cloud; fulfillment is rain. – Arabian Proverb

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The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. – Ella Maillart

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I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure – which is: Try to please everybody. – Herbert Bayard Swope

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