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John Locke Quotes

English - Philosopher | August 29, 1632 - October 28, 1704

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

Men Society Why Reason Property

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

Parents Wonder Why Fountain Bitter

What worries you, masters you.

Brainy You Masters Worries

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

Man Person Nobody Right Property

All wealth is the product of labor.

Work Wealth Labor Product

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

Education Knowledge World Fence Only

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Knowledge Mind Reading Thinking Only

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

Strength Support Fortitude Guard

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

Man Balance Villain Way Always Like

There cannot be greater rudeness than to interrupt another in the current of his discourse.

Discourse Greater Interrupt Cannot

Any one reflecting upon the thought he has of the delight, which any present or absent thing is apt to produce in him, has the idea we call love.

Love Thought Present Him Delight He

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

Best Men Thoughts Thought Brainy

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