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> [The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-that-there-are-so-few-good-books-written-is-that-so-few/)

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

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> [The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-why-so-few-good-books-are-written-is-that-so-few-people/)

[Walter Bagehot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-bagehot/the-reason-why-so-few-good-books-are-written-is-that-so-few-people-2/)

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

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## 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/)

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