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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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character,...

We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character,...

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...

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

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...

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

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

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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...

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...

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 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 men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

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.

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...

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the...

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like 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...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

Laws are essential emanations from the self-poised character of God; they radiate from the sun...

The law is above the law, you know

The law is above the law, you know

The more corrupt the state, the more laws.

The more corrupt the state, the more laws.