Quote by Walter Bagehot
One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new ide

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

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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. – Walter Bagehot

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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

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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. – Latin Proverb

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No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors. – William Faulkner

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Life presents you with but two avenues — you can either run with the mob or from it. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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The strongest man in the world is he who stands alone. – Henrik Ibsen

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