Geburtsdatum | Freitag, 03. Februar 1826 |
Geburtsort | Langport, Somerset, England |
Todesort | England |
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Beschreibung | Walter Bagehot (/ˈbædʒət/ BAJ-ət; 3. Februar 1826 - 24. März 1877) war ein englischer Journalist, Geschäftsmann und Essayist, der viel über Regierung, Wirtschaft, Literatur und Ethnie schrieb. Er ist bekannt als Mitbegründer der National Review im Jahr 1855 und für seine Werke The English Constitution und Lombard Street: A Description of the Money Market (1873). |
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.
The whole history of civilization is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison.
A great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
