Behind every man’s external life, which he leads in company, there is another which he leads alone, and which he carries with him apart.
~ Walter Bagehot

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Every trouble in life is a joke compared to madness.
~ Walter Bagehot

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.
~ Walter Bagehot

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The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people who can write know anything.
~ Walter Bagehot

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The Sovereign has, under a constitutional monarchy such as ours, three rights—the right to be consulted, the right to encourage, the right to warn.
~ Walter Bagehot

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