A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at...

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be...

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

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

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

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one...

Woman absent is woman dead.

Woman absent is woman dead.

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

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

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

The real essence of work is concentrated energy.

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to...

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds...

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

Under a Presidential government, a nation has, except at the electing moment, no influence; it...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who Is able to think...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

She is the first head of government in history to give a whole country its...

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.

Good government is the outcome of private virtue.