The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. — Quoted

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“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.”

John Locke · Knowledge

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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.

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Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge nothing.

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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.

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It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

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