Walter Bagehot : (3)

" Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. " - Walter Bagehot

" An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft. " - Walter Bagehot

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