Author: Walter Bagehot

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No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

- Walter Bagehot

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

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

- Walter Bagehot

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

- Walter Bagehot

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

- Walter Bagehot

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.

- Walter Bagehot

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

- Walter Bagehot

Life is a school of probability.

Life is a school of probability.

- Walter Bagehot

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.

- Walter Bagehot

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.

- Walter Bagehot

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