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William Cobbett (March 9, 1763 - June 18, 1835) was an influential English pamphleteer, writer, and radical. Known for his critical analysis of the political and social issues of his time, Cobbett's work had a profound impact on the social and political landscape of 18th and 19th century Britain.

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Famous William Cobbett Quotes

“Please your eye and plague your heart.”

Heart Eye Please Plague

Book:Advice to young men, and, incidentally, to young women, in the middle and higher ranks of life, in a series of letters

Source: Advice to young men, and, incidentally, to young women, in the middle and higher ranks of life, in a series of letters

“Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.”

Thinking Writing

Book:A grammar of the English language, etc

Source: A grammar of the English language, etc

“Men fail much oftener from want of perseverance than from want of talent.”

Men Want Failing Talent Perseverance

Book:Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc

Source: Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc

“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.”

People Long Seems Lasts Spirit Media Empty Trade Presses Tricks Budgets Falsehood Buoys

Author:William Cobbett

“The Christian religion, then, is not an affair of preaching, or prating, or ranting, but of taking care of the bodies as well as the souls of people; not an affair of belief and of faith and of professions, but an affair of doing good, and especially to those who are in want; not an affair of fire and brimstone, but an affair of bacon and bread, beer and a bed.”

People Want Wells Soul Body Care Christian Belief Fire Bed Affair Profession Bread Beer Preaching Doing Good

Author:William Cobbett

“Praise the child, and you make love to the mother.”

Children Mother Praise Making Love

Book:Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc

Source: Advice to Young Men, and, incidentally, to Young Women, in the middle and higher ranks of life. In a series of letters, etc

“It is no small mischief to a boy, that many of the best years of his life should be devoted to the learning of what can never be of any real use to any human being. His mind is necessarily rendered frivolous and superficial by the long habit of attaching importance to words instead of things; to sound instead of sense.”

Should Years Mind Humans Long Real Use Sound Human Beings Education Boys Habit Importance Devoted Superficial Mischief Frivolous Best Year

Book:Cobbett's Weekly Political Register

Source: Cobbett's Weekly Political Register

“You never know what you can do till you try.”

Knows Trying Can Do

Author:William Cobbett

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

Fellows Stomach Agitation Agitate

Author:William Cobbett

“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 leave his country as good as he had found it.”

Men Country Age Found Opinion Duty Lays Every Man

Author:William Cobbett