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William Cobbett quotes

English Politician March 9, 1763 – June 18, 1835

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William Cobbett quote: "Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives."
Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives. William Cobbett
Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed, this is natural enough, when we consider the vast power that the law gives us over them. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station...."
Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may. William Cobbett
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him..."
It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "Please your eye and plague your heart."
Please your eye and plague your heart. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the..."
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so..."
It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think..."
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write. William Cobbett
Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honored by the name of "speculation"; but which ought to be called Gambling. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering..."
Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want..."
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. William Cobbett
The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor. William Cobbett
The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty. William Cobbett
William Cobbett quote: "To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility."
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility. William Cobbett

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