Quotes by John Locke

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.

Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.

Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Government has no other end, but the preservation of property.

It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of the truth.

One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant.

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