All William Godwin Quotes
- Power is not happiness. Evil
- Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends of education. All
- Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility. Assumes
- God himself has no right to be a tyrant. Funny
- It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. Child
- What indeed is life, unless so far as it is enjoyed? It does not merit the name. Doe
- The diligent scholar is he that loves himself, and desires to have reason to applaud and love himself. Applaud
- If there be such a thing as truth, it must infallibly be struck out by the collision of mind with mind. Collision
- Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species. Characteristics
- 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… Admiration
- No man must encroach upon my province, nor I upon his. He may advise me, moderately and without pertinaciousness, but he must not expect to… Act
- The proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force,… Brute
- In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question. Cases
- There can be no passion, and by consequence no love, where there is not imagination. Consequence
- We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life. Atom
- 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… Clear
- Justice is the sum of all moral duty. All
- Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him. Behind
- My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there… Been
- One of the prerogatives by which man is eminently distinguished from all other living beings inhabiting this globe of earth, consists in the gift of… All
- We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity. Best
- The most desirable mode of education, is that which is careful that all the acquisitions of the pupil shall be preceded and accompanied by desire… Accompanied
- The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself. Decay
- It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile… Active
- All education is despotism. It is perhaps impossible for the young to be conducted without introducing in many cases the tyranny implicit in obedience. Go… Addressed