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We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were t

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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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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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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The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation. – John Locke

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All official institutions of language are repeating machines: school, sports, advertising, popular songs, news, all continually repeat the same structure, the same meaning, often the same words: the stereotype is a political fact, the major figure of ideology. – Roland Barthes

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Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne. – Quentin Crisp

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Oaths are but words, and words but wind. – Samuel Butler (1612-1680), Hudribas

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