Arthur Helps

Historian

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

1813 - 1875

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In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.
Arthur Helps
Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?
Arthur Helps
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
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Experience is the extract of suffering.
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The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.
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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.
Arthur Helps
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.
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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
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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.
Arthur Helps