Ll men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

Quote by John Locke

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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.

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

Memory is the power to revive again in our minds those ideas which after imprinting...

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...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but...

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...

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...

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...

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line,...

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...

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 discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

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.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

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...

What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.

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,...

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.

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,...