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John Locke quotes: Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered. Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.
John Locke quotes: Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice. Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
John Locke quotes: If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender. If punishment reaches not the mind and makes not the will supple, it hardens the offender.
John Locke quotes: He that makes use of another's fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him. He that makes use of another's fancy or necessity to sell ribbons or cloth dearer to him than to another man at the same time, cheats him.
John Locke quotes: God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies. God is the place of spirits, as spaces are the places of bodies.
John Locke quotes: Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge
John Locke quotes: The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others. The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
John Locke quotes: There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
John Locke quotes: This is my destiny - I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do! This is my destiny - I'm supposed to do this, dammit! Don't tell me what I can and can't do!
John Locke quotes: Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct. Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.
John Locke quotes: Don't tell me what I can't do! Don't tell me what I can't do!
John Locke quotes: Children (nay, and men too) do most by example. Children (nay, and men too) do most by example.
John Locke quotes: 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. 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 quotes: Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer. Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
John Locke quotes: Making laws with penalties of death, and consequently Making laws with penalties of death, and consequently
John Locke quotes: With books we stand on the shoulders of giants. With books we stand on the shoulders of giants.
John Locke quotes: Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have. Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have.
John Locke quotes: As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.
John Locke quotes: The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration. The least and most imperceptible impressions received in our infancy have consequences very important and of long duration.
John Locke quotes: The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration. The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.
John Locke quotes: It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived. It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving wherein men find pleasure to be deceived.
John Locke quotes: Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind. Consciousness is the perception of what passes in man's own mind.
John Locke quotes: It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything. It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
John Locke quotes: Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love. Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.
John Locke quotes: I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
John Locke quotes: Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
John Locke quotes: business of man is to be happy, business of man is to be happy,
John Locke quotes: The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation. The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.
John Locke quotes: Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural. Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural.
John Locke quotes: To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title. To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.
John Locke quotes: When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God to us, by the voice of Reason. When we find out an Idea, by whose Intervention we discover the Connexion of two others, this is a Revelation from God to us, by the voice of Reason.
John Locke quotes: I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
John Locke quotes: New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common. New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.
John Locke quotes: To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament. To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
John Locke quotes: But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
John Locke quotes: What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us. What humanity abhors, custom reconciles and recommends to us.
John Locke quotes: Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain. Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain.
John Locke quotes: Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others
John Locke quotes: [Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them. [Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
John Locke quotes: That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art. That which is static and repetitive is boring. That which is dynamic and random is confusing. In between lies art.
John Locke quotes: Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes. Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.
John Locke quotes: It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean. It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
John Locke quotes: It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach. It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
John Locke quotes: He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son. He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
John Locke quotes: Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule. Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.
John Locke quotes: The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have. The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.
John Locke quotes: Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement. Many a good poetic vein is buried under a trade, and never produces any thing for want of improvement.
John Locke quotes: To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
John Locke quotes: Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature
John Locke quotes: Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out? Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?
John Locke quotes: He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss
John Locke quotes: In the beginning, all the world was America. In the beginning, all the world was America.
John Locke quotes: There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
John Locke quotes: There are some Men of one, some but of two Syllogisms, and no more; and others that can but advance one step farther. There are some Men of one, some but of two Syllogisms, and no more; and others that can but advance one step farther.
John Locke quotes: Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it Struggle is nature's way of strengthening it
John Locke quotes: Some eyes want spectacles to see things clearly and distinctly: but let not those that use them therefore say nobody can see clearly without them. Some eyes want spectacles to see things clearly and distinctly: but let not those that use them therefore say nobody can see clearly without them.
John Locke quotes: The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of. The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
John Locke quotes: A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty. A man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.
John Locke quotes: The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time. The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
John Locke quotes: He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood. He that uses his words loosely and unsteadily will either not be minded or not understood.
John Locke quotes: Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant. Action is the great business of mankind, and the whole matter about which all laws are conversant.
John Locke quotes: There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven. There are a thousand ways to Wealth, but only one way to Heaven.
John Locke quotes: The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny. The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
John Locke quotes: I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and let it out completely, along with my soul. I close my eyes, take a deep breath, and let it out completely, along with my soul.
John Locke quotes: To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and perception being the same thing. To ask at what time a man has first any ideas is to ask when he begins to perceive; having ideas and perception being the same thing.
John Locke quotes: Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
John Locke quotes: Few men think, yet all will have opinions. Hence men's opinions are superficial and confused. Few men think, yet all will have opinions. Hence men's opinions are superficial and confused.
John Locke quotes: All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
John Locke quotes: The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate. The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate.
John Locke quotes: I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else. I have no reason to suppose that he, who would take away my Liberty, would not when he had me in his Power, take away everything else.
John Locke quotes: Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
John Locke quotes: The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
John Locke quotes: In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity Ch.2, 8 In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity Ch.2, 8
John Locke quotes: [M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road. [M]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out of the common road.
John Locke quotes: Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
John Locke quotes: All wealth is the product of labor. All wealth is the product of labor.
John Locke quotes: Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours. Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
John Locke quotes: I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet. I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.
John Locke quotes: Since the great foundation of fear is pain, the way to harden and fortify children against fear and danger is to accustom them to suffer pain. Since the great foundation of fear is pain, the way to harden and fortify children against fear and danger is to accustom them to suffer pain.
John Locke quotes: The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves. The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.
John Locke quotes: If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands. If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.
John Locke quotes: In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts. In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
John Locke quotes: Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight. Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting have disappeared, or have been laid aside out of sight.
John Locke quotes: It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection. It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
John Locke quotes: Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything. Reason must be our last judge and guide in everything.
John Locke quotes: Certain subjects yield a general power that may be applied in any direction and should be studied by all. Certain subjects yield a general power that may be applied in any direction and should be studied by all.
John Locke quotes: Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.
John Locke quotes: The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
John Locke quotes: It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth. It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.
John Locke quotes: Personal Identity depends on Consciousness not on Substance Personal Identity depends on Consciousness not on Substance
John Locke quotes: Justice and truth are the common ties of society Justice and truth are the common ties of society
John Locke quotes: He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation. He that will make good use of any part of his life must allow a large part of it to recreation.
John Locke quotes: Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read. Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
John Locke quotes: Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning. Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
John Locke quotes: One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.
John Locke quotes: Revolt is the right of the people Revolt is the right of the people
John Locke quotes: I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it. I am sure, zeal or love for truth can never permit falsehood to be used in the defense of it.
John Locke quotes: The difference, so observable in men's understandings and parts, does not arise so much from their natural faculties, as acquired habits. The difference, so observable in men's understandings and parts, does not arise so much from their natural faculties, as acquired habits.
John Locke quotes: Where there is no desire, there will be no industry. Where there is no desire, there will be no industry.
John Locke quotes: There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding. There is not so contemptible a plant or animal that does not confound the most enlarged understanding.

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