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Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man.

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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What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent to his child?
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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.
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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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Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a name at which nations tremble.
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If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind.
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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
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Invisible things are the only realities invisible things alone are the things that shall remain.
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Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands and perpetuate its institutions.
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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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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.
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Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.
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The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.
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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.
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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. The first of these a just philosophy will probably induce us universally to explode.
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