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Quote by John Locke
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge it is

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

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Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. – John Locke

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If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. – John Locke

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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. – John Locke

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Though the general principles of statecraft have survived the rise and fall of empires, every increase in knowledge has brought about changes in the political, economic, and social structure. – John Boyd Orr

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