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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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Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. – 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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One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. – John Locke

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Those thoughts are truth which guide us to beneficial interaction with sensible particulars as they occur, whether they copy these in advance or not. – William James

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A caricature is putting the face of a joke on the body of a truth. – Joseph Conrad

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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed. – Pindar

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Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he who believes what is wrong. – Thomas Jefferson

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