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Biography - John Locke:

English philosopher and physician.
Born: 1632 - Died: 1704
Period:
18th century
17th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
United Kingdom

Virtue is harder to be got than knowledge of the world; and, if lost in a young man, is seldom recovered.



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
La vertu est plus difficile à acquérir que la connaissance du monde, et si un jeune homme en perd une fois le goût, il répare rarement cette perte.

German
Tugend ist schwerer zu erlangen, als Kenntnis der Welt, und selten wiederzugewinnen, wenn sie in einem jungen Manne einmal verloren gegangen.




See also 

See also...






Quotes for: youth


Quotes

Quotes about youth:


The storms of youth occur between days of brilliant sunshine.





For souls nobly born valor doesn't await the passing of years.





Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search thereof when he is grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.





I nothing had, and yet enough for youth -
Joy in Illusion, ardent thirst for Truth.
Give unrestrained, the old emotion,
The bliss that touched the verge of pain,
The strength of Hate, Love's deep devotion, -
O, give me back my youth again!






It takes a long time to become young.





Youth has no age.











Quotes for: virtue


Quotes

Quotes about virtue:


The strangest, most generous, and proudest of all virtues is true courage.





All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.





Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.





Recommend virtue to your children it alone, not money, can make them happy. I speak from experience.





The virtues lose themselves in interest as the rivers are lost in the sea.





Humility is not a virtue; that is, it does not arise from reason.











Quotes for: knowledge


Quotes

Quotes for: knowledge


True knowledge lies in knowing how to live.





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.





It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.





The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.





Every other knowledge is harmful to him who does not have knowledge of goodness.





Human wisdom consists in a knowledge of the order in which it is profitable to know things;











Quotes

John Locke also said...


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





No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.





All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.





It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.





The necessity of pursuing true Happiness is the foundation of liberty.





There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.












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