---
title: "2 Carriages Quotes By Walter Bagehot"
description: "2 Carriages quotes by Walter Bagehot. Plus more from Walter Bagehot and more Carriages sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png"
---

> [The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob are influenced; it is they who the inspectors cheer. The real rulers are secreted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-nation-are-like-the-most-imposing/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png)

> [There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What relation to an immortal being have the price of linseed, the brokerage on hemp? Can an undying creature…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contradiction-between-the-human-mind/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/walter-bagehot-3686_carriages_there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contrad_1270285.png)

## Other authors on Carriages

## More by Walter Bagehot

> [But of all nations in the world the English are perhaps the least a nation of pure philosophers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/but-of-all-nations-in-the-world-the-english-are-perhaps-the-least-a/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights - the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-sovereign-has-under-a-constitutional-monarchy-such-as-ours-three/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-most-essential-mental-quality-for-a-free-people-whose-liberty-is/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/adventure-is-the-life-of-commerce-but-caution-is-the-life-of-banking/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/a-severe-though-not-unfriendly-critic-of-our-institutions-said-that/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/nothing-is-more-unpleasant-than-a-virtuous-person-with-a-mean-mind/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/what-impresses-men-is-not-mind-but-the-result-of-mind/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/an-inability-to-stay-quiet-is-one-of-the-conspicuous-failings-of/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [Most men of business think "Anyhow this system will probably last my time. It has gone on a long time, and is likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/most-men-of-business-think-anyhow-this-system-will-probably-last-my/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [Life is a school of probability.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/life-is-a-school-of-probability/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [When great questions end, little parties begin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/when-great-questions-end-little-parties-begin/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-peculiar-essence-of-our-banking-system-is-an-unprecedented-trust/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-habit-of-common-and-continuous-speech-is-a-symptom-of-mental/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [Not only does a bureaucracy tend to under-government in point of quality; it tends to over-government in point of quantity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/not-only-does-a-bureaucracy-tend-to-under-government-in-point-of/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

> [In early times every sort of advantage tends to become a military advantage; such is the best way, then, to keep it alive. But…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/in-early-times-every-sort-of-advantage-tends-to-become-a-military/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-bagehot/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/#itemlist",
            "name": "2 Carriages Quotes By Walter Bagehot",
            "numberOfItems": 2,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid procession; it is by them that the mob are influenced; it is they who the inspectors cheer. The real rulers are secreted in second hand carriages; no one cares for them or asks about them, but they are obeyed implicitly and unconsciously by reason of the splendour of those who eclipsed and preceded them.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Walter Bagehot"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-nation-are-like-the-most-imposing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The apparent rulers of the English nation are like the most imposing personages of the a splendid…” — Walter Bagehot",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be a merchant? What relation to an immortal being have the price of linseed, the brokerage on hemp? Can an undying creature debit petty expenses and charge for carriage paid? The soul ties its shoes; the mind washes its hands in a basin. All is incongruous.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Walter Bagehot"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contradiction-between-the-human-mind/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/walter-bagehot-3686_carriages_there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contrad_1270285.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/walter-bagehot-3686_carriages_there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contrad_1270285.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d2/walter-bagehot-3686_carriages_there-seems-to-be-an-unalterable-contrad_1270285.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There seems to be an unalterable contradiction between the human mind and its employments. How can a soul be…” — Walter Bagehot",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/",
            "name": "Carriages Quotes by Walter Bagehot",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23b/walter-bagehot-3686_asks_the-apparent-rulers-of-the-english-natio_771732.png"
            },
            "description": "2 Carriages quotes by Walter Bagehot. Plus more from Walter Bagehot and more Carriages sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Carriages",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Walter Bagehot",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/carriages/walter-bagehot/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```