Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot: The reason why...

Walter Bagehot: The reason why...

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know...

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Walter Bagehot: It is often...

Walter Bagehot: It is often...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the...

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Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

Walter Bagehot: What impresses men...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

Source: The English...

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Walter Bagehot: The greatest pleasure...

Walter Bagehot: The greatest pleasure...

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Source: In...

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Walter Bagehot: In my youth...

Walter Bagehot: In my youth...

In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without...

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Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

Walter Bagehot: The habit of...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...

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Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Walter Bagehot: Public opinion is...

Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's...

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Walter Bagehot: One of the...

Walter Bagehot: One of the...

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Source: In...

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Walter Bagehot: Writers, like teeth,...

Walter Bagehot: Writers, like teeth,...

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Source: Estimates of...

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Walter Bagehot: An inability to...

Walter Bagehot: An inability to...

An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

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Walter Bagehot: A man's mother...

Walter Bagehot: A man's mother...

A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

Source: In Webster's...

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Walter Bagehot: A slight daily...

Walter Bagehot: A slight daily...

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilisation; like the gentle air of a...

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Walter Bagehot: A constitutional statesman...

Walter Bagehot: A constitutional statesman...

A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

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Walter Bagehot: A bureaucracy is...

Walter Bagehot: A bureaucracy is...

A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members,...

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Walter Bagehot: A family on...

Walter Bagehot: A family on...

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. . . . It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty...

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Walter Bagehot: A schoolmaster should...

Walter Bagehot: A schoolmaster should...

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being...

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Walter Bagehot: But of all...

Walter Bagehot: But of all...

But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure...

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Walter Bagehot: In early times...

Walter Bagehot: In early times...

In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it...

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Walter Bagehot: An element of...

Walter Bagehot: An element of...

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also;...

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Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

Walter Bagehot: An ambassador is...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

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