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~ Walter Bagehot Quotes ~
« on: November 21, 2015, 08:36:59 PM »
Walter Bagehot Quotes


An English businessman, essayist, and journalist who wrote extensively about literature, government, and economic affairs.
Walter Bagehot (3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was an English businessman, essayist, and journalist who wrote extensively about literature, government, and economic affairs.

Here are some famous quotes by Walter Bagehot.




The real essence of work is concentrated energy.
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Re: ~ Walter Bagehot Quotes ~
« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2015, 08:48:20 PM »
The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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« Reply #2 on: November 21, 2015, 08:50:42 PM »
To a great experience one thing is essential - an experiencing nature.
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« Reply #3 on: November 21, 2015, 08:51:50 PM »
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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Re: ~ Walter Bagehot Quotes ~
« Reply #4 on: November 21, 2015, 08:53:16 PM »
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people: it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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« Reply #5 on: November 21, 2015, 08:53:56 PM »
Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind . . . more deeply. But it does not look as if it did.
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« Reply #6 on: November 21, 2015, 08:54:30 PM »
The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.
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Re: ~ Walter Bagehot Quotes ~
« Reply #7 on: November 21, 2015, 08:54:57 PM »
The best reason why monarchy is a strong government is that it is an intelligible government: the mass of mankind understand it and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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