The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it, into which a young gentleman should be enter’d by degrees, as he can bear it; and the earlier the better, so he be in safe and skillful hands to guide him.
John Locke
Category: Quote of the Day
Aphorisms, proverbs, wise sayings and other witty, pithy stuff
26JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
John Locke
25JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
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
24JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression.
John Locke
23JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
There cannot any one moral Rule be propos’d, whereof a Man may not justly demand a Reason.
John Locke
22JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
Livy
21JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
There are laws for peace as well as war.
Livy
20JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
Livy
19JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
Livy
18JUL2023 – Quote of the Day
There is always more spirit in attack than in defense.
Livy