BUSINESS > economist, editor, critic, analyst > Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot: An element of...

Vendor: BUSINESS

An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

Source: The Waverley Novels (1858; repr. in Literary Studies, vol. 2, 1878).
-- Walter Bagehot, (Feb 3 1826-1877), English economist, editor, critic, analyst; He founded and edited The Economist 1860-77; wrote English Constitution, 1867.


(C)2024 Quotable Success - All Rights Reserved.

Quotable Success
Harrisonburg, VA