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  • Walter Bagehot A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Savage Landor A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
    ― Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Walter Winchell A pessimist is one who builds dungeons in the air.
    ― Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Walter Bagehot A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Winchell A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
    ― Walter Winchell
    American newspaper and radio commentator (1897 - 1972)
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  • Sir Walter Scott A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy.
    ― Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Bagehot A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Bagehot A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Bagehot 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.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Lippmann A useful definition of liberty is obtained only by seeking the principle of liberty in the main business of human life, that is to say, in the process by which men educate their responses and learn to control their environment.
    ― Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Walter Savage Landor Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.
    ― Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer.
    ― Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Lippmann Ages when custom is unsettled are necessarily ages of prophecy. The moralist cannot teach what is revealed; he must reveal what can be taught. He has to seek insight rather than to preach.
    ― Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Walter Pater All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.
    ― Walter Pater
     
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh All histories do show, and wise politicians do hold it necessary that, for the well-governing of every Commonweal, it behoveth man to presuppose that all men are evil, and will declare themselves so to be when occasion is offered.
    ― Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Sir Walter Scott All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education.
    ― Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Walter Bagehot An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Bagehot An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Bagehot An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.
    ― Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Walter Savage Landor An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.
    ― Walter Savage Landor
    British poet (1775 - 1864)
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