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"We are like chameleons; we take our hue and the color of our moral character from those who are around us."

January 1, 1970

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Philosophers from England Non-fiction authors from England University of Oxford faculty Critics from the United Kingdom Physicians from England

Original Language: English

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Attributed to Locke on various quotes sites and on social media, this quotation is a false rendering of "We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear" from Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693).

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Attributed to Locke on various quotes sites and on social media, this quotation is a false rendering of "We are all a sort of chameleons, that still take a tincture from things near us: nor is it to be wondered at in children, who better understand what they see, than what they hear" from Some Thoughts Concerning Education (1693).