Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
JOHN LOCKEHe that will have his son have respect for him and his orders, must himself have a great reverence for his son.
More John Locke Quotes
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The great art to learn much is to undertake a little at a time.
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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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Nothing is in the intellect that was not first in the senses.
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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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Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed
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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.
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Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
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When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same degree to landed property.
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The Church which taught men not to keep faith with heretics, had no claim to toleration.
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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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Not time is the measure of movement but: …each constant periodic appearance of ideas.
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A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.
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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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Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.
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Success in fighting means not coming at your opponent the way he wants to fight you.
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