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Walter Bagehot

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Walter Bagehot ( BAJ-ət; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was an English journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is known for co-founding the National Review in 1855, and for his works The English Constitution and Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873).

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Quotes from Walter Bagehot

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

—Walter Bagehot

The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

—Walter Bagehot

The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

—Walter Bagehot

The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

—Walter Bagehot