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Quote by Walter Bagehot
An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings

An inability to stay quiet is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind. – 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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Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot

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Silence is the mother of truth. – Benjamin Disraeli

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