No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
JOHN LOCKESuccess in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
More John Locke Quotes
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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.
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There are two sides, two players. One is light, the other is dark.
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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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Don’t tell me what I can’t do!
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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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The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs … has been, not whether be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
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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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It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
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All wealth is the product of labor.
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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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Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Mathematical proofs, like diamonds, are hard and clear, and will be touched with nothing but strict reasoning.
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Beware how in making the portraiture thou breakest the pattern: for divinity maketh the love of ourselves the pattern; the love of our neighbours but the portraiture.
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You shall find, that there cannot be a greater spur to the attaining what you would have the eldest learn, and know himself, than to set him upon teaching it his younger brothers and sisters.
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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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