Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
JOHN LOCKEFashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
JOHN LOCKEChildren have as much mind to show that they are free, that their own good actions come from themselves, that they are absolute and independent, as any of the proudest of you grown men, think of them as you please.
JOHN LOCKEBut there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
JOHN LOCKEWe are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear.
JOHN LOCKEAn 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 LOCKEFirmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
JOHN LOCKEI find every sect, as far as reason will help them, make use of it gladly: and where it fails them, they cry out, It is a matter of faith, and above reason.
JOHN LOCKEA sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
JOHN LOCKEWhen ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.
JOHN LOCKENothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
JOHN LOCKEWhere there is no desire, there will be no industry.
JOHN LOCKEA man may live long, and die at last in ignorance of many truths, which his mind was capable of knowing, and that with certainty.
JOHN LOCKECuriosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
JOHN LOCKEI have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment.
JOHN LOCKEAll wealth is the product of labor.
JOHN LOCKESo difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
JOHN LOCKE