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Walter Bagehot Quotes

If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone Picture Quote #1

We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself Picture Quote #1

Public opinion... requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits Picture Quote #1

Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances Picture Quote #1

Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, which, if true, might drive a wise man mad Picture Quote #1

The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden causes, a small accident may greatly hurt it, and a great accident for a moment may almost destroy it Picture Quote #1

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The best security for people’s doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do Picture Quote #1

Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do Picture Quote #1

Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did Picture Quote #1

The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people Picture Quote #1

The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity Picture Quote #1

Every banker knows that if he has to prove he is worthy of credit, in fact his credit is gone Picture Quote #1

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Go ahead and do the impossible. It’s worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn’t Picture Quote #1

The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm Picture Quote #1

Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt Picture Quote #1

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If you have to prove you are worthy of credit, your credit is already gone (Walter Bagehot Quotes) We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon; in either case there is also a dark half, which is unknown to us. We all come down to dinner, but each has a room to himself (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Public opinion... requires us to think other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Civilized ages inherit the human nature which was victorious in barbarous ages, and that nature is, in many respects, not at all suited to civilized circumstances (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Great and terrible systems of divinity and philosophy lie round about us, which, if true, might drive a wise man mad (Walter Bagehot Quotes) The peculiar essence of our banking system is an unprecedented trust between man and man. And when that trust is much weakened by hidden causes, a small accident may greatly hurt it, and a great accident for a moment may almost destroy it (Walter Bagehot Quotes) The best security for people’s doing their duty is that they should not know anything else to do (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Life is a compromise of what your ego wants to do, what experience tells you to do, and what your nerves let you do (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Business is really more agreeable than pleasure; it interests the whole mind, the aggregate nature of man more continuously, and more deeply. But it does not look as if it did (Walter Bagehot Quotes) The mystic reverence, the religious allegiance, which are essential to a true monarchy, are imaginative sentiments that no legislature can manufacture in any people (Walter Bagehot Quotes) The most essential mental quality for a free people, whose liberty is to be progressive, permanent and on a large scale, is much stupidity (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Every banker knows that if he has to prove he is worthy of credit, in fact his credit is gone (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Go ahead and do the impossible. It’s worth the look on the faces of those who said you couldn’t (Walter Bagehot Quotes) The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm (Walter Bagehot Quotes) Persecution in intellectual countries produces a superficial conformity, but also underneath an intense, incessant, implacable doubt (Walter Bagehot Quotes)

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