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Books gratify and excite our curiosity in innumerable ways.

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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My mind was bursting with depression and anguish. I muttered imprecations and murmuring as I passed along. I was full of loathing and abhorrence of life, and all that life carries in its train.
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The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.
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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 proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.
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The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.
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Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man.
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Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny.... An attempt to scrutinize men's thoughts and punish their opinions is of all kinds of despotism the most odious: yet this is peculiarly character of a period of revolution.... There is no period more at war with the existence of liberty.
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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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He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.
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