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.

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

In the faculty of writing nonsense, stupidity is no match for genius.

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and...

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and...

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

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...

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...

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...

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and...

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness...

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness...

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of...

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of...