Walter Bagehot (/ˈbædʒət/ BA-jət; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature. Read full biography of Walter Bagehot →
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.
A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too... →
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
Life is a school of probability.
A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.
Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its... →
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.
The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it... →
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Walter Bagehot (/ˈbædʒət/ BA-jət; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature.