"Poverty is, except where there is an actual want of food and raiment, a thing much more imaginary than real. The shame of poverty--the shame of being thought poor--it is a great and fatal weakness, though arising in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves."

Source : William Cobbett (2016). “Advice to Young Men - And (Incidentally) to Young Women in the Middle and Higher Ranks of Life. In a Series of Letters, Addressed to a Youth, a Bachelor, a Lover, a Husband, a Father, a Citizen, or a Subject.”, p.39, Read Books Ltd

William Cobbett

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“I can't walk by chocolate without eating it.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Choice is illusion, same as happiness and freedom.”

Source : Carolyn Crane (2010). “Mind Games”, p.137, Spectra
“We hear war called murder. It is not; it is suicide.”

Source : In Observer 4 May 1930
“I act irrationally, I defy the odds, I engage when others would run. I look for trouble, I seek chaos, it is a burden.”
“Even if you're fat, one thing always fits: shoes.”

Source : Mimi Pond (1985). “Shoes never lie”, Berkley Pub Group
“I think having some sort of religious faith can be helpful for many people, because it kind of puts things in perspective a bit.”

Source : Source: www.pmakid.com
“Myself I must remake.”
“It's incredibly stressful when the person you love is having a child.”

"Poverty is, except where there is an actual want of food and raiment, a thing much more imaginary than real. The shame of poverty--the shame of being thought poor--it is a great and fatal weakness, though arising in this country, from the fashion of the times themselves."

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