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Act Quotes by William Godwin
- 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…
- The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
- It is absurd to expect the inclinations and wishes of two human beings to coincide, through any long period of time. To oblige them to…
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- Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
- Nothing is more disgusting than the crowing about liberty by slaves, as most men are, and the flippant mistaking for freedom of… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we… — Aristotle
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
- Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
- Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold