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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

~Walter Bagehot

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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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Life is a school of probability.

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An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle.

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

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

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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 anywhere in the world understand any other.

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The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

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A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: February 3rd, 1826

Died: March 24th, 1877

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