English - Writer | March 3, 1756 - April 7, 1836
Without imagination, there can be no genuine ardor in any pursuit or for any acquisition, and without imagination, there can be no genuine morality, no profound feeling of other men's sorrow, no ardent and persevering anxiety for their interests.
William Godwin
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My temper is of a recluse and contemplative cast; had it been otherwise, I should, perhaps, on some former occasions, have entered into the active concerns of the world and not have been connected with it merely as a writer of books.
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Act up to the magnitude of your destiny.
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No one can display or can cultivate a fervent zeal in the mere repetition of a form.
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Extraordinary circumstances often bring along with them extraordinary strength. No man knows, till the experiment, what he is capable of effecting.
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There is an indescribable something that ties us to life. For this purpose, it is not necessary that we should be happy. Though our life be almost without enjoyment, we do not consent to part with it.
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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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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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Occupation - pressing occupation that will not be said nay - is a sovereign remedy for grief.
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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.
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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 witness.
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God himself has no right to be a tyrant.
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