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“Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.” 
― John Locke
“Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.” 
― John Locke
“No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.” 
― John Locke
“In transgressing the law of nature, the offender declares himself to live by another rule than that of reason and common equity" Ch.2, 8” 
― John Locke
“There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.” 
― John Locke
“Revolt is the right of the people” 
― John Locke
“Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it's thinking
that makes what we read ours.” 
― John Locke
“A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a Happy state in this World: he that has these two, has little more to wish for; and he that wants either of them, will be little better for anything else.” 
― John Locke
“Reverie is when ideas float in our mind without reflection or regard of the understanding.” 
― John Locke
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.” 
― John Locke
“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.” 
― John Locke
“To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.” 
― John Locke
“Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves poison the fountain.” 
― John Locke
“We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character, from those who are around us.” 
― John Locke
“Our Business here is not to know all things, but those which concern our conduct.” 
― John Locke
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not common.” 
― John Locke
“I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.” 
― John Locke
“New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.” 
― John Locke
“Being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.” 
― John Locke
“The only defense against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.” 
― John Locke
Nationality: English 
Born: August 29, 1632
Died:October 28, 1704
Known For: Philosopher and Physician