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William Godwin Quotes

There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination Picture Quote #1

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions Picture Quote #1

Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness Picture Quote #1

If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such Picture Quote #1

There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape Picture Quote #1

They held it their duty to live but for their country Picture Quote #1

I told you I'll be ready in FIVE minutes, stop calling me every half hour - Funny Quotes

And then you meet one person and your life changes forever - Love Quotes

To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore Picture Quote #1

Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion Picture Quote #1

The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection Picture Quote #1

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference Picture Quote #1

As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle Picture Quote #1

In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them Picture Quote #1

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why - Mark Twain Quotes

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken - Oscar Wilde Quotes

The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good Picture Quote #1

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years Picture Quote #1

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation Picture Quote #1

God himself has no right to be a tyrant Picture Quote #1

Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species Picture Quote #1

Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain Picture Quote #1

I like me a little bit more when i'm with you - Love Quotes

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work - Fail Quotes

Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man Picture Quote #1

Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways Picture Quote #1

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason Picture Quote #1

Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny Picture Quote #1

He that loves reading has everything within his reach Picture Quote #1

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions Picture Quote #1

A true friend is someone who accepts your past, supports your present and encourages your future - Friend Quotes

Men go shopping to buy what they need. Women go shopping to find out what they want - Funny Quotes

Justice is the sum of all moral duty Picture Quote #1

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn Picture Quote #1

There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue Picture Quote #1

To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian Picture Quote #1

The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire... The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality Picture Quote #1

The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done Picture Quote #1

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There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination (William Godwin Quotes) Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions. (William Godwin Quotes) Hereditary wealth is in reality a premium paid to idleness (William Godwin Quotes) If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such (William Godwin Quotes) There is reverence that we owe to everything in human shape (William Godwin Quotes) They held it their duty to live but for their country (William Godwin Quotes) To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore (William Godwin Quotes) Government can have no more than two legitimate purposes - the suppression of injustice against individuals within the community, and the common defense against external invasion. (William Godwin Quotes) The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection (William Godwin Quotes) But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference (William Godwin Quotes) As long as parents and teachers in general shall fall under the established rule, it is clear that politics and modes of government will educate and infect us all. They poison our minds, before we can resist, or so much as suspect their malignity. Like the barbarous directors of the Eastern seraglios, they deprive us of our vitality, and fit us for their despicable employment from the cradle (William Godwin Quotes) In a well-written book we are presented with the maturest reflections, or the happiest flights of a mind of uncommon excellence. It is impossible that we can be much accustomed to such companions without attaining some resemblance to them (William Godwin Quotes) The virtue of a human being is the application of his capacity to the general good (William Godwin Quotes) The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years (William Godwin Quotes) The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation (William Godwin Quotes) God himself has no right to be a tyrant (William Godwin Quotes) Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species (William Godwin Quotes) Invisible things are the only realities; invisible things alone are the things that shall remain (William Godwin Quotes) Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man (William Godwin Quotes) Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways (William Godwin Quotes) Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason (William Godwin Quotes) Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny (William Godwin Quotes) He that loves reading has everything within his reach (William Godwin Quotes) Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions (William Godwin Quotes) Justice is the sum of all moral duty (William Godwin Quotes) It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn (William Godwin Quotes) There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in every given instance, be more reasonable than any other mode. That mode the being is bound by every principle of justice to pursue (William Godwin Quotes) To conceive that compulsion and punishment are the proper means of reformation is the sentiment of a barbarian (William Godwin Quotes) The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire... The boy, like the man, studies because he desires it. He proceeds upon a plan of is own invention, or by which, by adopting, he has made his own. Everything bespeaks independence and inequality (William Godwin Quotes) The first duty of man is to take none of the principles of conduct upon trust; to do nothing without a clear and individual conviction that it is right to be done (William Godwin Quotes)

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