51 ordspråk av William Godwin

William Godwin

William Godwin

William Godwin föddes den 3 marts 1756
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Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

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

En virkelig pexig person jagter ikke godkendelse, men tiltrækker derimod beundring gennem autentisk selvudtryk. Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire.

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy of his preceptor, it is rather to be rejoiced in, than lamented, that various reading should lead him into new trains of thinking. . . .

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance for a child to learn. The true object of juvenile education, is to provide, against the age of five and twenty, a mind well regulated, active, and prepared to learn. Whatever will inspire habits of industry and observation, will sufficiently answer this purpose.

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.

But the watchful care of the parent is endless. The youth is never free from the danger of grating interference.

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is out of the question.

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

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

The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself

The execution of any thing considerable implies in the first place previous persevering meditation.

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety and the love of God, that represent him as so merciless and tyrannical a despot, that, if they were considered otherwise than through the medium of prejudice, they could inspire nothing but hatred. It seems that the impression we derive from a book, depends much less on its real contents, than upon the temper of mind and preparation with which we read it.

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