Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Walter Bagehot Economist

  • Gender: Male
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Feb 3, 1826
  • Died: Mar 24, 1877

Walter Bagehot was a British journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, and literature.

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life. family

So long as war is the main business of nations, temporary despotism - despotism during the campaign - is indispensable. war

No real English gentleman, in his secret soul, was ever sorry for the death of a political economist. death

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. nature

The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards. history

A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do. greatness

Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. food

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There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting. 3 views from John Millington Synge

3 views from John Millington Synge

Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy. 28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

28 quotes from William Butler Yeats

Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep. 27 more wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

27 more wisdom & wit from Dave Barry

We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

74 quotes from Winston Churchill