All Walter Bagehot Quotes
- A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. Fitness
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. Communication
- A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. Brings
- An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. Agent
- It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations. Good
- A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. Big
- Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind. Mean Mind
- So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is… Always Wish
- Life is a school of probability. Life
- The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and… All
- No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation. Been
- Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. Divided
- A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. Abilities
- A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself. Amazed
- No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. Death
- Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell. Anomalies
- 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… All
- Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of… Bad
- Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what… Each
- If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone. Already Gone