It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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.
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- Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
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