Quotes by Walter Bagehot

"The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."
— Walter Bagehot
"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
"The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything."
— Walter Bagehot
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Walter Bagehot (/ˈbædʒət/ BAJ-ət; 3 February 1826 – 24 March 1877) was an English journalist, businessman, and essayist, who wrote extensively about government, economics, literature and race. He is k...