Quotes by John Locke

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for...

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We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character,...

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

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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in...

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There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than...

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There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

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The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

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

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The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly,...

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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge...

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The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the...

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The discipline of desire is the background of character.

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