"Be you in what line of life you……" — William Cobbett
"Be you in what line of life you may, it will be amongst your misfortunes if you have not time properly to attend to [money management]; for. ... want of attention to pecuniary matters ... has impeded the progress of science and of genius itself."
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34 Quotes by William Cobbett
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Never esteem men on account of their riches or their station. Respect goodness, find it where you may.
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Give me, Lord, neither poverty nor riches.
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Happiness, or misery, is in the mind. It is the mind that lives.
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Free yourself from the slavery of tea and coffee and other slop kettles!
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