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If admiration were not generally deemed the exclusive property of the rich, and contempt the constant lackey of poverty, the love of gain would cease to be an universal problem.
William Godwin
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William Godwin
Age: 80 †
Born: 1756
Born: March 3
Died: 1836
Died: April 7
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Obey this may be right but beware of reverence.... Government is nothing but regulated force force is its appropriate claim upon your attention. It is the business of individuals to persuade the tendency of concentrated strength, is only to give consistency and permanence to an influence more compendious than persuasion.
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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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He that revels in a well-chosen library, has innumerable dishes, and all of admirable flavour.
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The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself.
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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.
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Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.
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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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