Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

Quote by John Locke

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Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

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.

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...

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in...

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in...

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit...

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit...

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

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...

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...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.

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...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Where all is but dream, reasoning and arguments are of no use, truth and knowledge...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

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.

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

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