Arthur Helps quotes - page 2

There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made if he had only ridden more in buses. (Arthur Helps)
Love, like the opening of the heavens to the Saints, shows for a moment, even to the dullest man, the possibilities of the human race. He has faith, hope, and charity for another being, perhaps but a creation of his imagination: still it is a great advance for a man to be profoundly loving even in his imaginations. View quote
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You must work for yourself; for what you reject may be as important for you to have seen and thought about, as what you adopt. View quote
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Self-indulgence takes many forms; and we should bear in mind that there may be a sullen sensuality as well as a gay one. View quote
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Soothe the present as much as we may; look forward as hopefully as we can to the future, still the dreadful past must overshadow us. View quote
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Even the most careless people have a sort of aversion to signing things which they have never considered. View quote
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There is nothing so easily made offensive as good reasoning; and men of clear logical minds, if not gifted at the same time with tact, make more enemies than men with bad hearts and unsound understandings. View quote
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The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor; but the poor seldom return the compliment. View quote
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Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child's clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships. View quote
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Do not mistake energy for enthusiasm; the softest speakers are often the most enthusiastic of men. View quote
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The more truth you can get into any business, the better. Let the other side know the defects of yours, let them know how you are to be satisfied, let there be as little to be found as possible (I should say nothing), and if your business be an honest one, it will be best tended in this way. (Arthur Helps)
The envious man desires some good which another possesses; the jealous man would often be content to be without the good so that that other did not possess it. View quote
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The knowledge of others which experience gives us, is of slight value when compared with that which we obtain from having proved the inconstancy of our own desires. View quote
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Our knowledge of human nature is for the most part empirical; and it would often be better, if, instead of endeavouring to say some new things ourselves, we were to confirm without more words the sayings of another. View quote
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A very useful book might be written with the sole object of advising what parts of what books should be read. It should not be a book of elegant extracts, but should merely refer to the passages which are advised to be read. It might also indicate what are the chief works upon any given subject. For example, take rent; the important passages in Adam Smith, Ricardo, Jones, Mill, and other writers, should be referred to. View quote
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How often we should stop in the pursuit of folly, if it were not for the difficulties that continually beckon us onwards. View quote
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We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice. View quote
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Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a little book. View quote
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Choose an author as you choose a friend. View quote
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It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love. View quote
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An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in the value of reports. (Arthur Helps)
What a blessing this smoking is Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America. View quote
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The unfortunate Ladurlad did not desire the sleep that for ever fled his weary eyelids with more earnestness than most people seek the deep slumber of a decided opinion. View quote
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