A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also.
JOHN LOCKEThere are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
More John Locke Quotes
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Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
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I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his feet.
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Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
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You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters.
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In my opinion, understanding who your target audience is, and what they want, and writing to them (and only them!) is the most important component of being successful as an author.
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I esteem it above all things necessary to distinguish exactly the business of civil government from that of religion and to settle the just bounds that lie between the one and the other.
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Whoever uses force without Right … puts himself into a state of War with those, against whom he uses it, and in that state all former Ties are canceled, all other Rights cease, and every one has a Right to defend himself, and to resist the Aggressor.
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The greatest part of mankind … are given up to labor, and enslaved to the necessity of their mean condition; whose lives are worn out only in the provisions for living.
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Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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He that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
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When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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That which parents should take care of… is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.
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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
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The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.
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