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

Quote by John Locke

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

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

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.

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it...

I find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use 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...

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 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...

Logic is the anatomy of thought

Logic is the anatomy of thought

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Where there is no property there is no injustice.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what...

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

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...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out...

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will. Find out...