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John Locke quotes

English Philosopher August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704

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John Locke quote: "No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience."
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. John Locke
Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip. John Locke
John Locke quote: "The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of..."
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property. John Locke
John Locke quote: "The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it."
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. John Locke
John Locke quote: "The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it."
The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it. John Locke
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits. John Locke
So that, in effect, religion, which should most distiguish us from beasts, and ought most peculiarly to elevate us, as rational creatures, above brutes, is that wherein men often appear most irrational and mere senseless than beasts themselves John Locke
John Locke quote: "Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues."
Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. John Locke
An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards. John Locke
John Locke quote: "I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the..."
I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. John Locke
Moral laws are set as a curb and restraint to these exorbitant desires, which they cannot be but by rewards and punishments, that will over-balance the satisfaction any one shall propose to himself in the breach of the law. John Locke
John Locke quote: "Government has no other end, but the preservation of property."
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property. John Locke
John Locke quote: "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed,..."
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common. John Locke
John Locke quote: "Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing..."
Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state. John Locke
John Locke quote: "There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in..."
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse. John Locke

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