Author: John Locke

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Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

- John Locke

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

- John Locke

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

To love our neighbor as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.

- 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 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

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

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

- John Locke

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

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

- John Locke

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