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

Quote by William Godwin

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Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

Every man has a certain sphere of discretion which he has a right to expect...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life...

Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life...

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument,...

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy...

As the true object of education is not to render the pupil the mere copy...

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent...

What can be more clear and sound in explanation, than the love of a parent...

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

He that loves reading has everything within his reach.

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

The cause of justice is the cause of humanity. Its advocates should overflow with universal...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Books have been handed down from generation to generation, as the true teachers of piety...

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

Government will not fail to employ education, to strengthen its hands, and perpetuate its institutions.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

The lessons of their early youth regulated the conduct of their riper years.

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it....

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

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

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

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance...

It is probable that there is no one thing that it is of eminent importance...

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which...

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which...

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

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

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

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

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper...

Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper...

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends...

Let us not, in the eagerness of our haste to educate, forget all the ends...

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...

In cases where every thing is understood, and measured, and reduced to rule, love is...