Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

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About John Locke

Portrait of John Locke

John Locke (; 29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of the Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "father of liberalism". His important works include A Letter Concerning Toleration (1689), Two Treatises of Government (1689/90),...

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All wealth is the product of labor.

A sound mind in a sound body is a short but full description of a happy state in this world.

Somewhere deep down we know that in the final analysis we do decide things and that even our decisions to let someone else decide are really our decisions, however pusillanimous.

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Who sows virtue reaps honor.

—Leonardo da Vinci

We shall all be perfectly virtuous when there is no longer any flesh on our bones.

—Marguerite de Valois

The strength of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.

—Blaise Pascal

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Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

—Clare Boothe Luce

You must learn to understand the secret of gratitude. It is more than just so-called virtue. It is revealed to you as a mysterious law of existence. In obedience to it we have to fulfill our destiny.

—Albert Schweitzer

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