Characteristics Quote by William Godwin

“Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.” quote by William Godwin — Download Open image

“Perfectibility is one of the most unequivocal characteristics of the human species.”

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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…

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He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

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There must be room for the imagination to exercise its powers; we must conceive and apprehend a thousand things which we do not actually…

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In infamy, it is wisely provided that he who stands highest in the ranks of society has the heaviest load to sustain.

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No man knows the value of innocence and integrity but he who has lost them.

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Study with desire is real activity; without desire it is but the semblance and mockery of activity.

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“Godwin on Fenelon and his Valet * Following is an excerpt from William Godwin's Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, Book II, Chapter II: “Of Justice”:…

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Tenderness is the name for a lover's most exquisite sensation; protection is implied in his most generous and heart-thrilling impulse.

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Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.

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During my academical life, and from this time forward, I was indefatigable in my search after truth. I read all the authors of greatest…

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Was ever a great discovery prosecuted or an important benefit conferred upon the human race by him who was incapable of standing and thinking…

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The real or supposed rights of man are of two kinds, active and passive; the right in certain cases to do as we list;…

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