The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you can not do-Walter Bagehot.

人生的一大乐趣是挑战别人认为你不能完成的事情。

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"An inability to stay quiet... Is one of the most conspicuous failings of mankind" (Walter Bagehot).

“不能安于现状…是人类最显著的缺点”(瓦特·白哲特)。

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"The soldier... Of today is... A quiet, grave man, busied in charts, exact in sums, master of the art of tactics" (Walter Bagehot).

“今天的…这个士兵是…一个温和严肃、忙于图表、运算精确、掌握战术艺术的人”(沃尔特·巴杰特)。

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Mr Blair's idea of Britain is one that Walter Bagehot would understand and support.

ECONOMIST: Anti-war Americans

Walter Bagehot's dictum needed updating when the crisis of confidence affected entire markets rather than single banks.

ECONOMIST: A collaboration over the credit crisis

Walter Bagehot, the Victorian editor of The Economist after whom this column is named, made a distinction between the efficient and the dignified parts of government.

ECONOMIST: A general theory of spin doctors