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

Quote by John Locke

Topics: Deceit Quotes, Dishonesty Quotes

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...

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...

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...

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

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.

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a...

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...

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...

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.