English - Author | February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
Walter Bagehot
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The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people who write know anything.
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Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.
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All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.
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What impresses men is not mind, but the result of mind.
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The real essence of work is concentrated energy.
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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.
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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything.
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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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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