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" 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
Only
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" A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little the better for anything else. "
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