Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.
Freedom is not an empty sound; it is not an abstract idea; it is not a thing that nobody can feel. It means, - and it means nothing else, - the full … - William Cobbett
Freedom is not an empty sound; it is not an abstract idea; it is not a thing that nobody can feel. It means, - and it means nothing else, - the full …
- William Cobbett
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility. - William Cobbett
To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.
All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view: the overthrow of the ruffian… - William Cobbett
All my plans in private life; all my pursuits; all my designs, wishes, and thoughts, have this one great object in view: the overthrow of the ruffian…
It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world. - William Cobbett
It is by attempting to reach the top at a single leap that so much misery is caused in the world.
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write. - William Cobbett
Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.
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… - 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…
You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own property, or it comes to nothing. Why do me… - William Cobbett
You may twist the word freedom as long as you please, but at last it comes to quiet enjoyment of your own property, or it comes to nothing. Why do me…
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent. - William Cobbett
Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but of taking care of the bodies as well as the souls of people;… - William Cobbett
The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but of taking care of the bodies as well as the souls of people;…
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