--- title: "8 Degrees Quotes By John Locke" description: "8 Degrees quotes by John Locke. Plus more from John Locke and more Degrees sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-locke-814_bears_the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-th_652570.png" --- > [The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it, into which a young gentleman should be enter'd by degrees,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-thorough-knowledge-of-it-into/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-locke-814_bears_the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-th_652570.png) > [The tendency to cruelty should be watched in children and if they incline to any such cruelty, they should be taught the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-tendency-to-cruelty-should-be-watched-in-children-and-if-they/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a78/john-locke-814_abhorrence_the-tendency-to-cruelty-should-be-watche_669993.jpg) > [Brutes abstract not. -- If it may be doubted, whether beasts compound and enlarge their ideas, that way, to any degree; this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted-whether-beasts-compound-and/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/620/john-locke-814_abstract_brutes-abstract-not-if-it-may-be-doubted_1038257.jpg) > [The next thing is by gentle degrees to accustom children to those things they are too much afraid of. But here great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-next-thing-is-by-gentle-degrees-to-accustom-children-to-those/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/940/john-locke-814_caution_the-next-thing-is-by-gentle-degrees-to-a_1770785.jpg) > [When I had gone through the whole, and saw what a plain, simple, reasonable thing Christianity was, suited to all conditions and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-i-had-gone-through-the-whole-and-saw-what-a-plain-simple/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d8/john-locke-814_authority_when-i-had-gone-through-the-whole-and-sa_1973525.jpg) > [Inuring children gently to suffer some degrees of pain without shrinking, is a way to gain firmness to their minds, and lay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/inuring-children-gently-to-suffer-some-degrees-of-pain-without/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/john-locke-814_child_inuring-children-gently-to-suffer-some-d_2188099.jpg) > [When the sacredness of property is talked of, it should be remembered that any such sacredness does not belong in the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-the-sacredness-of-property-is-talked-of-it-should-be-remembered/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29d/john-locke-814_degrees_when-the-sacredness-of-property-is-talke_2339347.png) > [The senses at first let in particular Ideas, and furnish the yet empty Cabinet: And the Mind by degrees growing familiar with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-senses-at-first-let-in-particular-ideas-and-furnish-the-yet-empty/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db7/john-locke-814_cabinets_the-senses-at-first-let-in-particular-id_2406509.jpg) ## Other authors on Degrees ## More by John Locke > [I thought that I had no time for faith nor time to pray, then I saw an armless man saying his Rosary with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-thought-that-i-had-no-time-for-faith-nor-time-to-pray-then-i-saw-an/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [I pretend not to teach, but to inquire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/i-pretend-not-to-teach-but-to-inquire/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [If we trace the progress of our minds, and with attention observe how it repeats, adds together, and unites its simple ideas received from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-we-trace-the-progress-of-our-minds-and-with-attention-observe-how/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Thus parents, by humouring and cockering them when little, corrupt the principles of nature in their children, and wonder afterwards to taste the bitter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/thus-parents-by-humouring-and-cockering-them-when-little-corrupt-the/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [ “\[M\]an is not permitted without censure to follow his own thoughts in the search of truth, when they lead him ever so little out… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/m-an-is-not-permitted-without-censure-to-follow-his-own-thoughts-in/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/fashion-for-the-most-part-is-nothing-but-the-ostentation-of-riches/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [When we know our own strength, we shall the better know what to undertake with hopes of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/when-we-know-our-own-strength-we-shall-the-better-know-what-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/every-man-has-a-property-in-his-own-person-this-nobody-has-a-right-to/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“Earthly minds, like mud-walls, resist the strongest batteries: And though perhaps sometimes the force of a clear argument may make some impression, yet they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/earthly-minds-like-mud-walls-resist-the-strongest-batteries-and/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“To avoid this state of war (wherein there is no appeal but to heaven, and wherein every the least difference is apt to end,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/to-avoid-this-state-of-war-wherein-there-is-no-appeal-but-to-heaven/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/if-by-gaining-knowledge-we-destroy-our-health-we-labour-for-a-thing/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [“don’t let the things you don’t have prevent you from using the things you do have.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/don-t-let-the-things-you-don-t-have-prevent-you-from-using-the-things/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Power to do good is the true and lawful act of aspiring; for good thoughts (though God accept them), yet towards men are little…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/power-to-do-good-is-the-true-and-lawful-act-of-aspiring-for-good/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [The body of People may with Respect resist intolerable Tyranny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-body-of-people-may-with-respect-resist-intolerable-tyranny/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) > [Anger is uneasiness or discomposure of the mind upon the receipt of any injury, with a present purpose of revenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/anger-is-uneasiness-or-discomposure-of-the-mind-upon-the-receipt-of/) [John Locke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-locke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/degrees/john-locke/#itemlist", "name": "8 Degrees Quotes By John Locke", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it, into which a young gentleman should be enter'd by degrees, as he can bear it; and the earlier the better, so he be in safe and skillful hands to guide him.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Locke" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-locke/the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-thorough-knowledge-of-it-into/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-locke-814_bears_the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-th_652570.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-locke-814_bears_the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-th_652570.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db5/john-locke-814_bears_the-only-fence-against-the-world-is-a-th_652570.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it, into which a young gentleman should be…” — John Locke", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The tendency to cruelty should be watched in children and if they incline to any such cruelty, they should be taught the contrary usage. 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