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One of the greatest pains to h...

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

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

A schoolmaster should have an ...

A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

An inability to stay quiet is ...

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

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Strong beliefs win strong men,...

Strong beliefs win strong men, and then make them stronger.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Civilized ages inherit the hum...

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 117 quotes

It is good to be without vices...

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Nothing is more unpleasant tha...

Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

So long as there are earnest b...

So long as there are earnest believers in the world, they will always wish to punish opinions, even if their judgment tells them it is unwise and their conscience that it is wrong.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Life is a school of probabilit...

Life is a school of probability.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

The best history is but like t...

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

No great work has ever been pr...

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

A constitutional statesman is ...

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

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

No real English gentleman, in ...

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

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Poverty is an anomaly to rich ...

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

An influential member of parli...

An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also to sacrifice his mind too - at least all the characteristics part of it that which is original and most his own.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Dullness in matters of governm...

Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

I'm not the kind of writer who...

I'm not the kind of writer who's able to block out the world around me. I'm mindful of our own haves and have-nots, how our culture often blames and punishes the have-nots. I worry about our precarious economic and political climate.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

The whole history of civilizat...

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

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

The most intellectual of men a...

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.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

Whenever two people meet, ther...

Whenever two people meet, there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Walter Bagehot 117 quotes

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....