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“Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.” quote by John Locke — Download Open image

“Though the familiar use of things about us take off our wonder, yet it cures not our ignorance.”

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If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

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