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 LOCKESince 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.
More John Locke Quotes
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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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Understanding like the eye; whilst it makes us see and perceive all things, takes no notice of itself; and it requires art and pains to set it at a distance and make it its own subject.
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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What if everything that happened here, happened for a reason?
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In the discharge of thy place set before thee the best examples; for imitation is a globe of precepts.
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Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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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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The necessity of pursuing true happiness is the foundation of all liberty- Happiness, in its full extent, is the utmost pleasure we are capable of.
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Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
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Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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It is labour indeed that puts the difference on everything.
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No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
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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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Error is none the better for being common, nor truth the worse for having lain neglected.
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