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

~William Cobbett

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The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet.

~William Cobbett

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Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.

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You never know what you can do till you try.

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

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

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The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people, have uttered falsehoods so long, they have played off so many tricks, that their budget seems, at last, to be quite empty.

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It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world.

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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.

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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.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Politician

Born: March 9th, 1763

Died: June 18th, 1835

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