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

Quote by Walter Bagehot

Topics: Progress Quotes

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...

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...

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...

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Woman absent is woman dead.

Woman absent is woman dead.

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 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...

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.

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...

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.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

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...

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

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 greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

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

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

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail...

In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail...

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.

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...

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the...

All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the...