Author: John Locke

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No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

All wealth is the product of labor.

All wealth is the product of labor.

- John Locke

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.

- John Locke

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

- John Locke

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

- John Locke

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions.

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.

- John Locke

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