The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it.

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Nothing is more unpleasant that a virtuous person with a mean mind.

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Nothing is more unpleasant than a virtuous person with a mean mind.

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

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The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

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An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind.

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

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The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency.

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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Walter Bagehot in Biographical Studies (1863)
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