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Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. ↗

— William Godwin

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Revolution is engendered by an indignation with tyranny, yet is itself pregnant with tyranny. ↗

— William Godwin

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

— William Godwin

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We cannot fashion our children after our desires, we must have them and love them as God has given them to us. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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One cannot develop taste from what is of average quality but only from the very best. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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What by a straight path cannot be reached by crooked ways is never won. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create. ↗

— Vincent Van Gogh

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Adversity is like a strong wind. It tears away from us all but the things that cannot be torn, so that we see ourselves as we really are. ↗

— Arthur Golden

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One cannot be too extreme in dealing with social ills; the extreme thing is generally the true thing. ↗

— Emma Goldman

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