Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehot
Walter Bagehotwas a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature...
NationalityEnglish
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Date of Birth3 February 1826
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actions beginning bond civilization condition impose intense legality marked men settled tendency ties
The beginning of civilization is marked by an intense legality; that legality is the very condition of its existence, the bond which ties it together; but that legality - that tendency to impose a settled customary yoke upon all men and all actions -
heart intellect intelligence-and-intellectuals martyr soul truth
He believes, with all his heart and soul and strength, that there is such a thing as truth; he has the soul of a martyr with the intellect of an advocate.
beats conquest english-author hard impact meanness military virtues
Conquest is the missionary of valour, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world.
great king monarchy rights sovereign three
The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights -- the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn. And a king of great sense and sagacity would want no others.
mean mind virtuous
Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.
teacher fear teaching
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
pain ideas innovation
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
strong heart government
Royalty is a government in which the attention of the nation is concentrated on one person doing interesting actions. A Republic is a government in which that attention is divided between many, who are all doing uninteresting actions. Accordingly, so long as the human heart is strong and the human reason weak, Royalty will be strong because it appeals to diffused feeling, and Republics weak because they appeal to the understanding.
meditation-and-yoga long calming
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
people anomalies bells
Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
writing teeth grinder
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
self interest benevolence
Capital must be propelled by self-interest; it cannot be enticed by benevolence.
life courage war
Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do.
music communication silence
An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.