Author: William Cobbett

Quotes

Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.

Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants.

- William Cobbett

To live well, to enjoy all things that make life pleasant, is the right of every man who constantly uses his strength judiciously and lawfully.

To live well, to enjoy all things that make life pleasant, is the right of every man who constantly uses his strength judiciously and lawfully.

- William Cobbett

To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children?

To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children?

- William Cobbett

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

- William Cobbett

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.

- William Cobbett

To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.

To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience.

- 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.

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

There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.

There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families.

- William Cobbett

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

- William Cobbett

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