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Collection of the best phrases and famous quotes from the most prominent authors.

John Locke

John Locke

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The laws were made for men, and not men for the laws.

John Locke

John Locke

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The only defense against the world is a perfect knowledge of it.

John Locke

John Locke

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The teacher's job is not so much to teach everything that can be learned, but to instill in the student love and esteem for knowledge.

John Locke

John Locke

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Reading provides the mind with only materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read our own.

John Locke

John Locke

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To love the truth for the sake of truth is the main part of human perfection in this world, and the main seed of all other virtues.

John Locke

John Locke

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Reading provides the mind with important material of knowledge. And it allows us to think about how to make what we read become our own.

John Locke

John Locke

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Not all men recognize that fidelity and justice are principles.

Isidoro Loi

Isidoro Loi

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Young couples do not realize what they owe to television. In the past, they had to converse with their spouse.

Isidoro Loi

Isidoro Loi

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There is a secret method to return from the casino with a small fortune: go with a large fortune.

Jack London

Jack London

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Throwing the bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is sharing the bone with the dog when you are as hungry as he is.

Jack London

Jack London

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Life is not always about having good cards, but sometimes about playing a bad hand well.

Jack London

Jack London

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I do not live off what the world thinks of me, but off what I think of myself.