Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided

Quote by John Locke

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All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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

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

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

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...

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is...

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is...

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and...

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to,...

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to,...

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

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

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

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.

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 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...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

For law, in its true notion, is not so much the limitation, as the direction...

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...

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...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

We are easily shocked by crimes which appear at once in their full magnitude, but...

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of...

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are...