During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
In the two novels I have published, it was my fortune at different times, and from different persons, to hear the most… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
No maxim can be more pernicious than that which would teach us to consult the temper of the times, and to tell… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
We cannot do justice to the deeds of former times if we do not in some degree remove ourselves from the circumstances… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I was famous in our college for calm and impassionate discussion; for one whole summer, I rose at five and went to… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Perhaps the majority of human beings never think of standing by themselves, and choosing their own employments, till the sentence has been… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I know nothing worth the living for but usefulness and the service of my fellow-creatures. The only object I pursue is to increase, as… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
In infamy, it is wisely provided that he who stands highest in the ranks of society has the heaviest load to sustain. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
“Godwin on Fenelon and his Valet * Following is an excerpt from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Book II, Chapter II: “Of Justice”:… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility. — William Godwin Copy Share Image
During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors of greatest… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
Was ever a great discovery prosecuted or an important benefit conferred upon the human race by him who was incapable of standing and thinking… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
