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Walter Bagehot
The reason why...
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know...
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...
What impresses men...
What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
Source: The English...
The greatest pleasure...
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Source: In...
In my youth...
In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without...
The habit of...
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is...
Public opinion is...
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to think other men's...
One of the...
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
Source: In...
Writers, like teeth,...
Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.
Source: Estimates of...
An inability to...
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
Source:...
A man's mother...
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
Source: In Webster's...
A slight daily...
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilisation; like the gentle air of a...
A constitutional statesman...
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
A bureaucracy is...
A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or official members,...
A family on...
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. . . . It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty...
A schoolmaster should...
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being...
But of all...
But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure...
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...
An element of...
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also;...
An ambassador is...
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
Source: The English...