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.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about weakness, man
Quotes by Walter Bagehot, page 2
44 quotes by Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot - english Author
Life period: 1826-1877
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about victims, man
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about meditation, work
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about soul, secret, death, real estate
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about man, people, mind, nothing
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about pain, idea, nature, human imperfections
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about poverty, wealth, people
So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about nation, affair, war
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about opinion, nature, human imperfections, being, people
The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about home, house
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about mistake, contentment
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about pleasure, life, people, contentment
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about habits, common sense, people
The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be...
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about circumstances, habits, man
The real essence of work is concentrated energy.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about concentration, real estate, work
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about books, reason, good, good luck, people
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about books, reason, good, good luck, people
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
WQuote by Walter Bagehot about civilization, history
