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Quote by William Godwin
My thoughts will be taken up with the future or the past, with wha

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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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. – William Godwin

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The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal good will. We should love this cause, for it conduces to the general happiness of mankind. – William Godwin

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We are so curiously made that one atom put in the wrong place in our original structure will often make us unhappy for life. – William Godwin

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Happy is the person who knows what to remember of the past, what to enjoy in the present, and what to plan for in the future. – Arnold H. Glasow

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Blowing up buses will not induce the Israelis to move forward, and neither will the killing of Palestinians or the demolition of their homes and their future. All this needs to stop. And we pledge that Jordan will do its utmost to help achieve it. – King Abdullah II

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Its just really hard to work and get better, building and planning for the future with the new Monte Carlo and keeping the race team intact and keeping them healthy. – Dale Earnhardt

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I had been feeling a little rum. I didnt think it was anything serious because years ago I felt a lump and it was benign. I assumed this would be too. It kind of takes the wind out of your sails, and I dont know what the future holds, if anything. – Maggie Smith

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As though there were a tie And obligation to posterity. We get them, bear them, breed, and nurse: What has posterity done for us. That we, lest they their rights should lose, Should trust our necks to gripe of noose? – John Trumbull

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Ive thought hard about my psychological connections and I think Ive managed to separate out the psychological from the legal, moral, and political. – Alan Dershowitz

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When I investigate and when I discover that the forces of the heavens and the planets are within ourselves, then truly I seem to be living among the gods. – Leon Battista Alberti

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It was not a laugh but merely a loud smile. – Author Unknown

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