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Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot
English Author
Born: Feb 3, 1826
Died: Mar 24, 1877
Good Life Long Men People World
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
Life You People Say Pleasure People Say Greatest Doing Greatest Pleasure Cannot
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Walter Bagehot
Life Great You People Say Pleasure People Say Great Pleasure Doing Cannot
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. Walter Bagehot
Men Ruled Say Weakness Would Would-Be Said Governed Truer Often Imaginations
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
Success Government Good Matters Sign Bad Indication Good Sign Bad One Excellence Parliamentary Particular Test Dullness
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. Walter Bagehot
Nature Pain Human Nature Idea New Greatest New Idea Human Pains
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
People Not Knowing Other Symptom Deficiency Minds Mental Habit Knowing Continuous Going Common Proceeds Speech
No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. Walter Bagehot
Death Soul Political Sorry Gentleman Secret Economist Real His English Ever
Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. Walter Bagehot
World Military Virtues Valor Out Impact Beats Missionary Meanness Hard Conquest
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. Walter Bagehot
Teeth Divided Writers Like
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. Walter Bagehot
He Simply Also Ambassador Agent Spectacle
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 that which is original and most his own. Walter Bagehot
Time Money Mind Sacrifice Become Own Pay Too Characteristics Member Give Only Parliament He Part Most Also Least His Labour Influential Which Much Original
We must not let daylight in upon the magic. Walter Bagehot
Must Magic Daylight
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them. Walter Bagehot
Women Men Become Apt Advances Make Women Are Victims Them Who
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. Walter Bagehot
Our Severe Though Critic Admiring Institutions Look House Said Lords Go Cure Unfriendly
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. Walter Bagehot
Man Statesman Ability Constitutional General Uncommon Opinions Common
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. Walter Bagehot
Walk Atmosphere He Schoolmaster Himself Amazed Being Should Awe
What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind. Walter Bagehot
Result Mind Men
The real essence of work is concentrated energy. Walter Bagehot
Work Energy Concentrated Real Essence
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault. Walter Bagehot
Man Fault Mother Wife Misfortune His
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. Walter Bagehot
Good People Few Books Write Written Know Few People Anything Reason Who Why
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. Walter Bagehot
Life Family Pride Down Petty Throne Idea Sovereignty Interesting Interesting Idea Level Brings

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