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Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.
William Godwin
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William Godwin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1756
Born: March 3
Died: 1836
Died: April 7
Journalist
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Philosopher
Political Philosopher
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Wisbech
Cambridgeshire
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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind.
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God himself has no right to be a tyrant.
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We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.
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The wise man is satisfied with nothing.
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Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.
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Everything that is usually understood by the term co-operation is, in some degree, an evil.
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What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?
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Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
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In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.
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Whenever truth stands in the mind unaccompanied by the evidence upon which it depends, it cannot properly be said to be apprehended at all.
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Of Belief Human mathematics, so to speak, like the length of life, are subject to the doctrine of chances.
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But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.
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What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name.
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Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education.
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Self-respect to be nourished in the mind of the pupil, is one of the most valuable results of a well conducted education.
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