#ill

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

#artillery #civil #civil liberty #consequence #follows

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

#come #future #image #necessarily #past

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

— Hermann Goering

#fat #guns #make #only #powerful

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#know #live #soon #trust #will

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

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#enough #knowing #must #willing

Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#how #just #know #live #then

Being brilliant is no great feat if you respect nothing. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#being #brilliant #feat #great #nothing

Many people take no care of their money till they come nearly to the end of it, and others do just the same with their time. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#care #come #end #just #many

Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#culture #degree #find #hatred #lowest

Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean. ↗

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

#door #everyone #front #his #own