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Another great evil arising from this desire to be thought rich; or rather, from the desire not to be thought poor, is the destructive thing which has been honoured by the name of “speculation”; but which ought to be called Gambling.

— William Cobbett Advice to Young Men (1829)

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Nothing is so well calculated to produce a death-like torpor in the country as an extended system of taxation and a great national debt.

The profession of arms is always the most honourable.

Men of integrity are generally pretty obstinate in adhering to an opinion once adopted.

Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine (1796)

However roguish a man may be, he always loves to deal with an honest man.

All that I can boast of in my birth, is, that I was born in Old England.

Life and Adventures of Peter Porcupine (1796)

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