All rising to great place is by a winding stair; and if there be factions, it is good to side a man’s self whilst he is in the rising, and to balance himself when he is placed.
JOHN LOCKEA sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
More John Locke Quotes
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[Individuals] have a right to defend themselves and recover by force what by unlawful force is taken from them.
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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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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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Faith is the assent to any proposition not made out by the deduction of reason but upon the credit of the proposer.
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To be rational is so glorious a thing, that two-legged creatures generally content themselves with the title.
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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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There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.
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Since the great foundation of fear is pain, the way to harden and fortify children against fear and danger is to accustom them to suffer pain.
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But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression
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Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take care about the meaning of their own words, and will not suffer the insignificancy of their expressions to be inquired into.
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Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.
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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.
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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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Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
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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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