One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. – Walter Bagehot

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. – Walter Bagehot
An ambassador is not simply an agent; he is also a spectacle. – Walter Bagehot
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
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