Walter Bagehot Quotes

The best history is but like the art of Rembrandt; it casts a vivid light on certain selected causes, on those which were best and greatest; it leaves all the rest in shadow and unseen.

- Walter Bagehot

Tags

History | Rembrandt | Casts | Vivid | Light |

comments powered by Disqus

Random

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. - Walter Bagehot

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot