Quote by John Locke
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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I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. – 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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The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation. – John Locke

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Everything can change, but not the language that we carry inside us, like a world more exclusive and final than ones mothers womb. – Italo Calvino

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

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Language ought to be the joint creation of poets and manual workers. – George Orwell

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A different language is a different vision of life. – Federico Fellini

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