John Locke
17 quotations
The discipline of desire is the background of character.
The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.
Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.
Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.
Logic is the anatomy of thought.
The visible mark of extraordinary wisdom and power appear so plainly in all the works of creation.
To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
Where there is no property there is no injustice.
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.
It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.