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Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

Earthly minds, like mud walls, resist the strongest batteries; and though, perhaps, somethimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they nevertheless stand firm, keep out the enemy, truth, that would captivate or disturbe them.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)

Results from Poor Man's College:

We are a kind of Chameleons, taking our hue - the hue of our moral character, from those who are about us.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
The action of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Curiosity in children, is but an appetite for knowledge. One great reason why children abandon themselves wholly to silly pursuits and trifle away their time insipidly is, because they find their curiosity balked, and their inquiries neglected.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

All wealth is the product of labor.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without anyother reason but because they are not already common.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.: John Locke (1632 - 1704)

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