But the world is all alike. Those that seem better than the… - William Godwin

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But the world is all alike. Those that seem better than their neighbours, are only more artful.

William Godwin

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William Godwin (3 March 1756 – 7 April 1836) was an English journalist, political philosopher, educationalist, novelist, historian and biographer. He is considered one of the first exponents of utilitarianism, and the first modern proponent of anarchism. He was the husband of Mary Wollstonecraft, father of Mary Shelley and father-in-law of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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