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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. -

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. – 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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Men
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John Locke
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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. – John Locke

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God
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John Locke
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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – John Locke

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Property
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Religious speech is extreme, emotional, and motivational. It is anti-literal, relying on metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices, and it assumes knowledge within a community of believers. – Amy Waldman

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Knowledge

Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science. – Blaise Pascal

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Knowledge

I think my dyslexia was a vital part of my development because my inability to read and write meant that I had to find knowledge elsewhere so I looked to the cinema. – Joe Wright

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Knowledge

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observers own weaknesses reflected back from others. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

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Knowledge

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Death is the ugly fact which Nature has to hide, and she hides it well. – Alexander Smith

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Death

A creative element is surely present in all great systems, and it does not seem possible that all sympathy or fundamental attitudes of will can be entirely eliminated from any human philosophy. – Morris Raphael Cohen

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Sympathy

Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets. – Arthur Miller

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Life

I doubt Ill be singing forever, because at some point people arent going to want to hear my music, and I hope that Ill still get the opportunity to write songs. – Adele

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Hope