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.

Quote by William Cobbett

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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...

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...

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,...

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...

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 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 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.

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

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

You never know what you can do till you try.

You never know what you can do till you try.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

Most successes are unhappy. That's why they are successes - they have to reassure themselves...

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own...

If you want to reach a goal, you must 'see the reaching' in your own...