We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.

Quote by John Locke

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

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

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.

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 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 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...

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater...

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...

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

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

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...

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

Liberty is to be free from restraint and violence from others

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...

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...

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

The discipline of desire is the background of character.

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

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...