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Walter Bagehot Quotes
Page 3 of 3Walter Bagehot
February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877
Nationality: English
Category: Author
Subcategory: English Author
|  The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. | | Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits. | | An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. | | 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 excellence, an indication of its success. | | A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment. | | An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. | | A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people. |
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