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Walter Bagehot

Walter Bagehot

English economist

Lived from: 1826 - 1877

Category: Business and entrepreneurs Country: FlagUnited Kingdom

Born: 3 february 1826 Died: 24 march 1877

  • Poverty is an anomaly to rich people. It is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
  • History is strewn with the wrecks of nations which have gained a little progressiveness at the cost of a great deal of hard manliness, and have thus prepared themselves for destruction as soon as the movements of the world gave a chance for it.
  • 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.

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  • A cold, and cynical wisdom particularly disapproves of most men's best actions.
    Biographical Studies (1881)
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  • 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.
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  • Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.
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  • 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.
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  • Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.
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  • The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null.
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  • What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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What are the most famous quotes from Walter Bagehot?

The two most famous quotes from Walter Bagehot are:

  • "A cold, and cynical wisdom particularly disapproves of most men's best actions."
  • "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."

When did Walter Bagehot live?

Walter Bagehot was born in 1826 and died in the year 1877.