If all be a Dream, then he doth but dream that he makes the Question; and so it is not much matter that a waking Man should answer him.
JOHN LOCKETill 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.
More John Locke Quotes
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Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear.
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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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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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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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The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.
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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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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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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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Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural.
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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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New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
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Crooked things may be as stiff and unflexible as streight: and Men may be as positive and peremptory in Error as in Truth.
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Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
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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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