Tis true that governments cannot be supported without great charge, and it is fit everyone who enjoys a share of protection should pay out of his estate his proportion of the maintenance of it.
JOHN LOCKELet not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
More John Locke Quotes
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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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Slavery is so vile and miserable an Estate of Man, and so directly opposite to the generous Temper and Courage of our Nation; that ’tis hardly to be conceived, that an Englishman, much less a Gentleman, should plead for’t.
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Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter waters, when they themselves have poison’d the fountain.
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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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And thus the community perpetually retains a supreme power of saving themselves from the attempts and designs of anybody, even of their legislators, whenever they shall be so foolish, or so wicked, as to lay and carry on designs against the liberties and properties of the subject.
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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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Since nothing appears to me to give Children so much becoming Confidence and Behavior, and so raise them to the conversation of those above their Age, as Dancing. I think they should be taught to dance as soon as they are capable of learning it.
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It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.
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It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.
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Who are we to tell anyone what they can or can’t do?
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The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure.
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So difficult it is to show the various meanings and imperfections of words when we have nothing else but words to do it with.
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How long have you been holding those words in your head, hoping to use them?
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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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