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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 against the artillery of opinion. ↗

— William Godwin

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My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with what is to come or what has been. Of the present there is necessarily no image. ↗

— William Godwin

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To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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

— William Godwin

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The philosophy of the wisest man that ever existed, is mainly derived from the act of introspection. ↗

— William Godwin

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To him it is an ocean, unfathomable, and without a shore. ↗

— William Godwin

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Guns will make us powerful; butter will only make us fat. ↗

— Hermann Goering

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As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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