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 →
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
We must not let daylight in upon the magic.
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... →
Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.
A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.
No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made... →
The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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.