Quote of John Locke - All men are liable to error...
Biography - John Locke:
English philosopher and physician.
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
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(German, French)
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Quotes about mistake:
What is tolerance? It is the endowment of humanity. We are all steeped in weakness and error; let us forgive each other our stupidities, that is the first law of nature.
Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.
Quotes about interest:
Though men be much governed by interest; yet even interest itself, and all human affairs, are entirely governed by opinion.
Interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters; even that of disinterestedness.
Capitalism has destroyed our belief in any effective power but that of self interest backed by force.
Quotes about passion:
Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.
The time at our disposal each day is elastic the passions we feel dilate it, those that inspire us shrink it, and habit fills it.
Intelligence is the eye of the soul, not its strength. Its strength is in the heart, that is, in the passions.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
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