It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

Quote by William Cobbett

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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

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...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you...

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...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

The very hirelings of the press, whose trade it is to buoy up the spirits...

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.

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...

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

To be poor and independent is very nearly an impossibility.

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,...

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

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

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

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,...

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.

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

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...