 my good friend, 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 ; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as ever I met with in any body.  The Works of John Locke - Page 271by John Locke - 1823Full view - About this book
 | New Thought - 1902 - 582 pages
...ideas and aptitudes that will insure the place: keep your whole life open and ready.—Robert Collyer. To LOVE truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection and the seed-plot of all other virtues.—John Locke. THE MINISTRY OF LOVE AND HOPE. BY JOHN A. MORRIS.... | |
 | Medicine - 1918 - 990 pages
...Gluttony and bellyache can not exist simultaneously. Well, we must be contented to rank with the heretics. To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. —John Locke. DECORATION AND HEALTH Color is a species of ornament that, like form, doubtless has... | |
 | Parapsychology - 1907 - 574 pages
...only smells sweet forever, and illusions, however innocent, are deadly as the canker worm. —Froude. To love truth for truth's sake, is the principal part...this world, and the seed-plot of all other virtues. Some say "tomorrow" never comes, A saying oft thought right; But if "tomorrow" never came, No end were... | |
 | Lee Washington - California - 1907 - 250 pages
...Seventeenth Fear God and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. Ecclesiastes xii: 15. To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part of human perfection and the seed-plot of all other virtues. j ohn The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the... | |
 | James Terry White - Character - 1909 - 132 pages
...of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies among his worshippers. —BRYANT. 5. To love truth for truth's sake, is the principal part...perfection in this world, and the seedplot of all other virtues.—LOCKE. 6. Seek the truth without prejudice Speak the truth without fear. —CARL SCHÜRZ.... | |
 | Ellen E. Kenyon-Warner - Readers - 1910 - 298 pages
...in the respects of deep religious impressions and an exact performance of moral duty. — Selected. To love truth for truth's sake is the principal part...perfection in this world, and the seed-plot of all the other virtues. — LOCKE. XL THE FREE MIND 1. I call that mind free, which masters the senses,... | |
 | Education - 1912 - 808 pages
...the student, much has been accomplished, for as John Locke said, the love of truth for truth's own sake is the principal part of human perfection in this world and the seed plot of all other virtues. The attainment of this desirable attitude of mind by any individual... | |
 | John Mackinnon Robertson - Free thought - 1915 - 586 pages
...English translation of the Dictionary, in 5 vols, folio, with "many passages restored," appeared in 1734. principal part of human perfection in this world,...; and, if I mistake not, you have as much of it as I ever met with in anybody." 1 The Discourse does no discredit to this uncommon encomium, being a luminous... | |
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