A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about pleasure, life, people
Quotes by Walter Bagehot
44 quotes by Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot, English Author
Life period: 1826-1877
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about ability, common sense, man
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about family, idea, life
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about wife, mother, man
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about nothing, people
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about being
A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about literary critic, home, house
A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about joy, civilization, air
All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about reality, things, world
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about quiet
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about world
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.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about tests, bad luck, bad, good, good luck
In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the others; and in certain marked peculiarities the strongest tend to be the best.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about nation, state, world
It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
Quote by Walter Bagehot about good, good luck
