• We should have a great many 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
  English philosopher 1632-1704
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. themselves
2. things
3. fewer
4. world
5. words
6. taken

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We should have a great many fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves. by : John Locke

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