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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.

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.

John Locke
Truth, Honesty, Perfection
John Locke (2017). “Delphi Complete Works of John Locke (Illustrated)”, p.3064, Delphi Classics

It is practice alone that brings the powers of the mind, as well as those of the body, to their perfection.

John Locke
Practice, Perfection, Mind
John Locke (1813). “An Essay Concerning Human Understanding”, p.300

It is reported of that prodigy of parts, Monsieur Pascal, that till the decay of his health had impaired his memory, he forgot nothing of what he had done, read, or thought, in any part of his rational age. This is a privilege so little known to most men, that it seems almost incredible to those who, after the ordinary way, measure all others by themselves; but yet, when considered, may help us to enlarge our thoughts towards greater perfections of it, in superior ranks of spirits.

John Locke
Memories, Men, Perfection
John Locke (1854). “The Philosophical Works of John Locke”, p.268

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