Birth Quote by William Godwin

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

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

— William Godwin

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

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

— William Godwin

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

— William Godwin

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

— William Godwin

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

— William Godwin

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

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

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

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