The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to…

Quote by Walter Bagehot

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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...

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.

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...

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 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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

We must not let daylight in upon the magic.

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

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

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.

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 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.

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...

Money is economic power.

Money is economic power.

Money is economic power

Money is economic power

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...

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.

Woman absent is woman dead.

Woman absent is woman dead.