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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As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. – John Locke

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Time
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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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Miracles
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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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God
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I hate women because they have brought into the currency of our language such expressions as “all righty” and “yes indeedy” and hundreds of others. – James Thurber, “The Case Against Women”

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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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If everything is perfect, language is useless. This is true for animals. If animals dont speak, its because everythings perfect for them. If one day they start to speak, it will be because the world has lost a certain sort of perfection. – Jean Baudrillard

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The English language is being augmented every year by about 400 new words. We cannot cope. We are drowning in the plethora. It – Anthony Burgess

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For every pass I caught in a game, I caught a thousand in practice. – Don Hutson

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Death is softer by far than tyranny. – Aeschylus

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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past. – Thomas Jefferson

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Like baseball, food will never go out of style we will always need to eat and we will always find it entertaining. I think of food TV this way – all the fun and none of the calories. – Gail Simmons

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