About Walter Bagehot
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...
More quotations from Walter Bagehot
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
Here's a rule I recommend: Never practice two vices at once.
He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
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