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Men Quotes by William Cobbett
- Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
- It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.
- To suppose such a thing possible as a society, in which men, who are able and willing to work, cannot support their families, and ought,…
- Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate, in adhering to an opinion once adopted.
- Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but so to express it as to enable us to defy…
- However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.
- Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.
- 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…
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