Vanity Quote by William John Locke Download Open image ““The wise man profits by the vanity of his fellow-creatures.”” — William John Locke ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Vanity Wisdom Wise man
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“She slept but little. In the morning she found habit by her bedside; she clothed herself therein and faced the day.” — William John Locke Copy Share Image
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Every man's first declaration of love is bathos--the zenith of his passion connoting perhaps the nadir of his intelligence. — William John Locke Copy Share Image
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Children are the root of all evil… Happy the man who has his quiver empty. — William John Locke Copy Share Image
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Sex is the ... tremulous and bewildering and nerve-racking and delicious and myriad-adjectived soul-condition ... generally known as love. Ninety-nine point nine repeater percent… — William John Locke Copy Share Image
Any human love a man gets he can make fill his life. It's like the grain of mustard-seed. — William John Locke Copy Share Image
What is a logical mind?... It is the antiseptic which destroys the bacilli of unreason whereby true happiness is vivified. — William John Locke Copy Share Image
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