Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
The improvement of understanding is for two ends: first, our own increase of knowledge; secondly, to enable us to deliver that knowledge to others.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him.
All wealth is the product of labor.
所有财富都是劳动的产物。
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
所有人都容易犯错；大多数人在许多方面，由于激情或利益，都会受到诱惑。
Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain.
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.
向一个人展示他在错误中是一回事，让他掌握真理是另一回事。
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
The legislative cannot transfer the power of making laws to any other hands: for it being but a delegated power from the people, they who have it cannot pass it over to others.
The state of nature has a law of nature to govern it, which obliges every one: and reason, which is that law, teaches all mankind, who will but consult it, that being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty, or possessions.
The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.