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William Cobbett Quotes
«It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent so much as the smallness of his wants»
Author: William Cobbett
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smallness
«Please your eye and plague your heart»
Author: William Cobbett
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plague
«It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be of any real use to any human being. His mind is necessarily rendered frivolous and superficial by the long habit of attaching importance to words instead of things; to sound instead of sense.»
«To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility»
Author: William Cobbett
«Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to pecuniary (monetary) matters. Want of attention to these matters has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself.»
«Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.»
Author: William Cobbett
«. . . for, however roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.»
Author: William Cobbett
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roguish
«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.»
