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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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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. – 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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A different language is a different vision of life. – Federico Fellini

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I like the word “indolence.” It makes my laziness seem classy. – Bern Williams

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Human speech is like a cracked cauldron on which we bang out tunes that make bears dance, when what we want is to move the stars to pity. – Gustave Flaubert

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If a language is corruptible, then a constitution written in that language is corruptible. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. – Catherine Drinker Bowen, Atlantic, December 1957

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When debugging, novices insert corrective code; experts remove defective code. – Richard Pattis

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