The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a man is very small, and if it were not economized by a sleepy kind of habit, its results would be null.


The English Constitution (1867)

Walter Bagehot Quotes

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a ...

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a ...

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a ...

The most intellectual of men are moved quite as much by the circumstances which they are used to as by their own will. The active voluntary part of a ...