Author: William Cobbett

Quotes

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

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.

- 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.

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

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

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 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

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

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes.

- 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

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