Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
JOHN LOCKENew opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
More John Locke Quotes
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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.
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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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Let not men think there is no truth, but in the sciences that they study, or the books that they read.
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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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We are born with faculties and powers capable almost of anything, such at least as would carry us farther than can easily be imagined: but it is only the exercise of those powers, which gives us ability and skill in any thing, and leads us towards perfection.
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In the beginning, all the world was America.
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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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All wealth is the product of labor.
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The picture of a shadow is a positive thing.
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There is no such way to gain admittance, or give defence to strange and absurd Doctrines, as to guard them round about with Legions of obscure, doubtful, and undefin’d Words.
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The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.
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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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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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Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.
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Is it worth the name of freedom to be at liberty to play the fool?
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