John Locke Quotes

New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding)
Opinion | John Locke quote

Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding.)
Nature | John Locke quote

It is one thing to show a man that he is in error, and another to put him in possession of truth. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding.)
Truth | John Locke quote

No man's knowledge here can go beyond experience. (An Essay concerning Human Understanding.)
Knowledge | John Locke quote

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins
Philosophy | John Locke quote

Man... hath by nature a power .... to preserve his property - that is, his life, liberty, and estate - against the injuries and attempts of other men.
Power | John Locke quote

Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
John Locke quote

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.
John Locke quote

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