No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

Quote by John Locke

Topics: Experience Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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...

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...

What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.