To have a dutiful family, the father's principle of rule must be love, not fear. His sway must be gentle, or he will have only an unwilling and short-lived obedience. William Cobbett More Quotes by William Cobbett More Quotes From William Cobbett It is by attempting to reach the top in a single leap that so much misery is produced in the world. William Cobbett Perhaps there are none more lazy, or more truly ignorant, than your everlasting readers. William Cobbett Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think about what you shall write. William Cobbett down thought think you The tendency of taxation is to create a class of persons who do not labor, to take from those who do labor the produce of that labor, and to give it to those who do not labor. William Cobbett create who labor class There never yet was, and never will be, a nation permanently great, consisting, for the greater part, of wretched and miserable families. William Cobbett nation will never great To live well, to enjoy all things that make life pleasant, is the right of every man who constantly uses his strength judiciously and lawfully. William Cobbett man enjoy strength life To be without sure and safe friends in the world makes life not worth having; and whom can we be so sure of as of our children? William Cobbett friends life children world The taste of the times is, unhappily, to give to children something of book-learning, with a view of placing them to live, in some way or other, upon the labour of other people. William Cobbett view children people way Endless are the instances of men of bright parts and high spirit having been, by degrees, rendered powerless and despicable by their imaginary wants. William Cobbett bright high spirit men Never - no, not for one moment - believe that any human being, with sense in his skull, will love or respect you on account of your fine or costly clothes. William Cobbett moment you respect love The great security of all is to eat little and to drink nothing that intoxicates. He that eats till he is full is little better than a beast, and he that drinks till he is drunk is quite a beast. William Cobbett better great drink drunk