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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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing. – 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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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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By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom. – Miguel de Cervantes

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If I could but entice you with sentences and tongue tie you with words. – Jamie Lynn Morris

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He swore at us in German (which I should judge to be a singularly effective language for that purpose)… – Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog), 1889

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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. – Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book II, chapter 4

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