20 Quotes & Sayings By Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot was an English classical liberal political economist, journalist, and classical scholar. He was the author of The English Constitution (1867), which is widely regarded as one of the most important works in the history of constitutional law.

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to...
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Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do. Walter Bagehot
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say...
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
The reason why so few good books are written is...
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. Walter Bagehot
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We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself. Walter Bagehot
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Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders. Walter Bagehot
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do Walter Bagehot
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The greatest please in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
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The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
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Business is really more agreeable than pleasure it interests the whole mind .. . more deeply. But it does not look as if it did. Walter Bagehot
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The real essence of work is concentrated energy. Walter Bagehot
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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. Walter Bagehot
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To a great experience one thing is essential - an experiencing nature. Walter Bagehot
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The best reason why monarchy is a strong government is that it is an intelligible government: the mass of mankind understand it and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. Walter Bagehot
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people: it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. Walter Bagehot
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. Walter Bagehot
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Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. Walter Bagehot
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other. Walter Bagehot
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A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
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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. Walter Bagehot