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William Godwin quotes about manly

English Writer March 3, 1756 – April 7, 1836

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Strange that men, from age to age, should consent to hold their lives at the breath of another, merely that each in his turn may have a power of acting the tyrant according to the law! Oh, God! give me poverty! Shower upon me all the imaginary hardships of human life! I will receive them with all thankfulness. Turn me a prey to the wild beasts of the desert, so I be never again the victim of man, dressed in the gore-dripping robes of authority! Suffer me at least to call life, the pursuits of... William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his..."
Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him. William Godwin
Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows from the very nature of man. William Godwin
The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and the right we possess to the forbearance or assistance of other men. William Godwin
A book is a dead man, a sort of mummy, embowelled and embalmed, but that once had flesh, and motion, and a boundless variety of determinations and actions. William Godwin
One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of reason. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly..."
The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by..."
The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. William Godwin

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