Quotes by Walter Bagehot

44 quotes by Walter Bagehot

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

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

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

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A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

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A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

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A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

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An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it...

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Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.

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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.

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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

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I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing God for a nicer apartment than I had. Then I moved up.

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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.

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

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

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