One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

Quote by John Locke

Topics: Truth Quotes

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...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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 there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but...

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

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...

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...

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...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that...

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

Even the most rational approach to ethics is defenseless if there isn't the will to...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what...

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.

Of course it's the same old story. Truth usually is the same old story.