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Men Quotes by William Godwin
- Books are the depositary of everything that is most honourable to man.
- Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect shall not be infringed by his neighbours. This right flows…
- If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book,
- Power is not happiness. Security and peace are more to be desired than a man at which nations tremble.
- 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 proper method for hastening the decay of error, is not, by brute force, or by regulation which is one of the classes of force,…
- 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…
- Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
- 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…
- 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…
- The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.
- The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection.
- Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand…
- The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list; and…
- He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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