All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind ... more deeply....

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind ... more deeply....

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light...

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light...

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like...

A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why...

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without...

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible...

The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible...

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

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

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...

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...

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

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

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

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during...