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William Cobbett
William Cobbett
English Politician
Born: Mar 9, 1763
Died: Jun 18, 1835
Great Life Man Men World You
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It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants. William Cobbett
Man Independence Independent Him Makes His Greatness Wants Much Means
Please your eye and plague your heart. William Cobbett
Heart Please Eye Plague Your
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write. William Cobbett
You Thought Sit Down Think About Shall Write
The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet. William Cobbett
Money Power Bayonet Gives Brute Brute Force Force Which
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
Great Evil Thought Rich Ought Honored Great Evil Destructive Has-Been Rather Arising Name Another Been Which Poor Gambling Thing Desire Speculation
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
Good Man Age Power Country Duty Every Lay Had He Opinion Leave His Very Very Early Age Found Early Early Age
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
Life Strength Man Live Enjoy Every Pleasant All Things Constantly Well Make His Who Uses Right Things Every Man
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
Life World Worth Our Having Safe Sure Without Makes Friends Children Whom
The taste of the times is, unhappily, to give to children something of book-learning, with a view of placing them to live, in some way or other, upon the labour of other people. William Cobbett
People Live Other Way Some Give Something Times Labour Taste Children Placing Them View
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
Love Family Obedience Fear Father Will Rule Must Only He Principle Gentle Unwilling His Dutiful Short-Lived Sway
The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast. William Cobbett
Great Better Beast Drunk Nothing Security Eat Eats Drink Drinks He Till Than Quite Little Full

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