Creative Quotations from . . .
Walter Bagehot
(1826-1877) born on Feb 03
English "economist, editor, critic, analyst". "He founded and edited "The Economist" 1860-77; wrote "English Constitution," 1867."
 
   
F
The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.

R
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.
A
"What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind."
N
The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
K
In my youth I hoped to do great things; now I shall be satisfied to get through without scandal.


Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F: "In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
R: ""The English Constitution," ch. 2, 1867."
A: ""The English Constitution," ch. 8, 1867."
N: "In "The World's Best Thoughts on Success & Failure," compiled by Eugene Raudsepp, 1981."
K: "In "Selected Letters of Raymond Chandler," ed. F. MacShane, 1981."



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