Author: Walter Bagehot

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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

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

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

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 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 family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

- Walter Bagehot

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

Life is a school of probability.

Life is a school of probability.

- Walter Bagehot

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.

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.

- Walter Bagehot

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