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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

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.

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

To understand your parents' love you must raise children yourself.

Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally

Wise parents offer criticism only when asked, and then minimally

I think the reason my parents didn't like me is I was not a good-looking...

I think the reason my parents didn't like me is I was not a good-looking...