Date: 1793
"The present ruling passion of the human mind is the love of distinction. "
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1793
"The equalisation we are describing is farther indebted for its empire in the mind to the ideas with which it is attended of personal happiness."
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1793
"If mind be now in a great degree the ruler of the system, why should it be incapable of extending its empire?"
preview | full record— Godwin, William (1756-1836)
Date: 1793
"the selfish are not governed solely by sensual gratification or the love of gain, but that the desire of eminence and distinction is in different degrees an universal passion"
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Date: 1793
"Reason is the only legislator, and her decrees are irrevocable and uniform."
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Date: 1793
"We are more interested in the progress of the human mind, than in that of empires."
preview | full record— Disraeli, Isaac (1766-1848)
Date: 1793
"It is here that the mind holds its empire, though it is impossible to demonstrate how this is effected, and beyond this point its power ceases."
preview | full record— Valli, Eusebius (1762-1815)
Date: 1793
"The empire of the mind is extended by experience and practice."
preview | full record— Valli, Eusebius (1762-1815)
Date: 1793
"Alas the sex you little know, / Their ruling passion is a Beau."
preview | full record— Blacklock, Thomas (1721-1791)
Date: 1794
A fiend may set "reason up for judge / Of our most holy Mystery"
preview | full record— Blake, William (1757-1827)