There cannot any one moral rule be proposed whereof a man may not justly demand a reason.
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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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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Though the water running in the fountain be every ones, yet who can doubt, but that in the pitcher is his only who drew it out?
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Truth certainly would do well enough, if she were once left to shift for herself…She is not taught by laws, nor has she any need of force, to procure her entrance into the minds of men.
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No peace and security among mankind-let alone common friendship-can ever exist as long as people think that governments get their authority from God and that religion is to be propagated by force of arms.
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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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When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.
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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
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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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Who hath a prospect of the different state of perfect happiness or misery that attends all men after this life, depending on their behavior, the measures of good and evil that govern his choice are mightily changed.
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Curiosity should be as carefully cherish’d in children, as other appetites suppress’d.
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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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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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To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.
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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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A criminal who, having renounced reason … hath, by the unjust violence and slaughter he hath committed upon one, declared war against all mankind, and therefore may be destroyed as a lion or tiger, one of those wild savage beasts with whom men can have no society nor security.
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