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.

Quote by William Cobbett

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Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed,...

Women are a sisterhood. They make common cause in behalf of the sex; and, indeed,...

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

I view the tea-drinking as a destroyer of health, an enfeebler of the frome, an...

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

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.

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's...

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

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

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

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the...

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but...

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.

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor,...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but...

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

I defy you to agitate any fellow with a full stomach.

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

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

Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on...

Accomplishment is socially judged by ill defined criteria so that one has to rely on...

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

Be more dedicated to making solid achievements than in running after swift but synthetic happiness.

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through...

I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through...