Arthur Helps quotes

Arthur Helps was an English essayist, historian, and writer, recognized for his works on social issues and biography. His thoughtful observations and moral reflections influenced Victorian intellectual circles. He served as Clerk of the Privy Council and authored several notable books. Here are 48 of his quotes:

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss - a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world. (Arthur Helps)
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. View quote
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Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment. View quote
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In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. View quote
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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense. View quote
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Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order. View quote
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There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance. View quote
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Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying? View quote
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The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome. View quote
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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection. View quote
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Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion. (Arthur Helps)
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune. View quote
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The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. View quote
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Experience is the extract of suffering. View quote
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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. View quote
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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. View quote
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The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege. View quote
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Any one who is much talked of, must be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying. View quote
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Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. View quote
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No man ever praised two persons equally-and pleased them both. View quote
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The most enthusiastic man in a cause is rarely chosen as the leader. (Arthur Helps)
There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius. View quote
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The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance. View quote
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If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. View quote
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We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from which, at various times, and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances, we might be sure of drawing some comfort, guidance and sympathy. View quote
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Arthur Helps

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Occupation: British Historian
Born: July 10, 1813
Died: March 7, 1875
Quotes count: 48
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