Walter Bagehot's Quotes

Walter Bagehot's Quotes 9

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

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign and not a bad one - in...

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

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The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions...

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

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

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

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

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