John Locke ( 7 of 27 )
Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for read more
Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.
He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is
capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.
He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is
capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss.
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins read more
Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials for knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of read more
To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues.
O, love is the soul of a true Irishman;
He loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can,
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O, love is the soul of a true Irishman;
He loves all that's lovely, loves all that he can,
With his sprig of shillelagh and shamrock so green.
