Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.

Quote by John Locke

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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

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

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

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

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

It is vain to find fault with those arts of deceiving where in men find...

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show...

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...

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...

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.

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...

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

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...

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and...

True liberty consists only in the power of doing what we ought to will, and...

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.