The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the, benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.
~ Walter Bagehot

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An inability to stay quiet, an irritable desire to act directly, is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind.
~ 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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