50 Quotations by Walter Bagehot
- 1. A bureaucracy is sure to think that its duty is to augment official power, official business, or off ...

- 2. A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

- 3. A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level ...

- 4. A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.

- 5. A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

- 6. A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind.

- 7. A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being ...

- 8. A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House ...

- 9. A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the g ...

- 10. An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

- 11. An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtu ...

- 12. An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.'

- 13. Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of t ...

- 14. Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in par ...

- 15. History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost ...

- 16. I started out by believing God for a newer car than the one I was driving. I started out believing G ...

- 17. In every particular state of the world, those nations which are strongest tend to prevail over the o ...

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

- 19. It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are gov ...

- 20. Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.

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