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.

Quote by William Cobbett

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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...

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 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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

Please your eye and plague your heart.

Please your eye and plague your heart.