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William Godwin quotes

English Writer March 3, 1756 – April 7, 1836

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William Godwin quote: "But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is..."
But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such."
If a thing be really good, it can be shown to be such. William Godwin
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget..."
Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education. 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
William Godwin quote: "Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen..."
Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions. 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
William Godwin quote: "God himself has no right to be a tyrant."
God himself has no right to be a tyrant. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who..."
Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much. William Godwin
My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image. William Godwin
If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore."
To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore. William Godwin
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually witness. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but..."
Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. William Godwin
William Godwin quote: "It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of..."
It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. William Godwin

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