John Locke Quotes About Take Care

Quotes about: Take Care

• Neither the inveterateness of the mischief, nor the prevalency of the fashion, shall be any excuse for those who will not take care about the meaning of their own words, and will not suffer the insignificancy of their expressions to be inquired into.

  John Locke

  Fashion, Expression, Suffering

  John Locke (1836). “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, p.10

• That which parents should take care of... is to distinguish between the wants of fancy, and those of nature.

  John Locke

  Parent, Fancy, Care

  John Locke (1824). “The Works of John Locke: Some thoughts concerning education. An examination of P. Malebranche's opinion of seeing all things in God. A discourse of miracles. Memoirs relating to the life of Anthony, first earl of Shaftesbury. Some familiar letters between Mr. Locke and several of his friends”, p.95

• This is to think, that men are so foolish, that they take care to avoid what mischiefs may be done them by pole-cats, or foxes; but are content, nay, think it safety, to be devoured by lions.

  John Locke

  Cat, Men, Thinking

  John Locke (1821). “Two treatises of government”, p.267

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