Quotes about Walter Bagehot

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

#Walter Bagehot

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

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

#Walter Bagehot

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women...

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