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

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.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly,...

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly,...

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

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

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.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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 Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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

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

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...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for...

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...

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his...

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his...

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for...

Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for...

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...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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...

What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between...

What ought to have been done, and what shall be done, often stifle doing between...

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Action indeed is the sole medium of expression for ethics.

Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel

Where God has his church the Devil will have his chapel

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere