Facts about William Cobbett

Occup.Politician
FromEngland
BornMarch 9, 1763
DiedJune 18, 1835
Aged72 years

Summary

William Cobbett was a famous Politician from England, who lived between March 9, 1763 and June 18, 1835. He/she became 72 years old.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac pisces, who is known for Fluctuation, Depth, Imagination, Reactive, Indecisive. Our collection contains 17 quotes who is written / told by William.

Related authors: Douglas William Jerrold (Dramatist)

17 Famous quotes by William Cobbett

Small: From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every mans duty to do all that lay in his p
"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"
Small: Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich or rather, from the desire not to be tho
"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"
Small: You never know what you can do till you try
"You never know what you can do till you try"
Small: Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex and, indeed, this is natural enough
"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"
Small: To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility
"To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility"
Small: The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits of the people. have uttered f
"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"
Small: The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do la
"The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor"
Small: The power which money gives is that of brute force it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet
"The power which money gives is that of brute force; it is the power of the bludgeon and the bayonet"
Small: Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write
"Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write"
Small: Please your eye and plague your heart
"Please your eye and plague your heart"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent
"Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent"
Small: It is not the greatness of a mans means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wan
"It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants"
Small: It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world
"It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world"
Small: I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach
"I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach"
Small: 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"