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Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

John Locke

I do not say this, that I think there should be no difference of opinions in conversation, nor opposition in men’s discourses… ‘Tis not the owning one’s dissent from another, that I speak against, but the manner of doing it.
JOHN LOCKE

Differences Men Thinking
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Balance Integrity Men
Children should from the beginning be bred up in an abhorrence of killing or tormenting any living creature; and be taught not to spoil or destroy any thing, unless it be for the preservation or advantage of some other that is nobler.
JOHN LOCKE

Children Killing Taught
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Age Gretest Mischie World
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
JOHN LOCKE

Education Philosophical Wisdom
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Brother Spurs Teaching
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Atheism Government Lying
It is one thing to persuade, another to command; one thing to press with arguments, another with penalties.
JOHN LOCKE

Argument Command Penalties
Firmness or stiffness of the mind is not from adherence to truth, but submission to prejudice.
JOHN LOCKE

Adherence Mind Prejudice
Children generally hate to be idle; all the care then is that their busy humour should be constantly employed in something of use to them
JOHN LOCKE

Children Employed Hate Use
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 LOCKE

Balance Men Self
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.
JOHN LOCKE

Depth Ocean Serendipity
New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
JOHN LOCKE

Business Philosophy War
The mind is furnished with ideas by experience alone
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Ideas Philosophical Philosophy
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
JOHN LOCKE

Communication Current Rude
Affectation is an awkward and forced imitation of what should be genuine and easy, wanting the beauty that accompanies what is natural.
JOHN LOCKE

Awkward Easy Imitation

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