Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits.

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....

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...

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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.

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 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...

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 reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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

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

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...

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...

Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them...

Too many composers become involved in intellectual speculation which seems to matter more to them...

I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of...

I meditate and put on a rubber tire with three bottles of beer. Most of...