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New opinions are usually opposed just for being uncommon, but a truth is no less true for being new
Drawn from what John Locke said
What John Locke actually said
- John Locke English philosopher (1632 to 1704)
Truth scarce ever yet carried it by vote anywhere at its first appearance: new opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. But truth, like gold, is not the less so for being newly brought out of the mine.
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↗An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690)gutenberg.org
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