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.

Quote by John Locke

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Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for...

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for...

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge...

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or...

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

Grub first, then ethics.

Grub first, then ethics.

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

There is no social entity with a good that undergoes some sacrifice for its own...

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it

Truth is always exciting. Speak it, then. Life is dull without it