Walter BagehotThinkers

Change is rarely appreciated — one of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Civilization 1s 2hole history is strewn with creeds and institutions which were invaluable at first, and deadly afterwards.

History is the mere scum of events.

Homer is an author who not having read is like not having seen the ocean: there is a great object of which he has no idea.

Human nature is rife with pains; one of the greatest is the pain of a new idea.

The Idea is one of the greatest pains to human nature.

The Idea is always resisted if sufficiently new — One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Life is a school of probability.

Originality is rarely appreciated at first — one of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

A Parliament is nothing less than a big meeting of more or less idle people.

Poverty is an anomaly to rich people... it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell.