Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Quote by Arthur Helps

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What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery...

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot...

The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in...

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good...

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudicial in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity,...

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it...

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...

Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book...

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Is boredom anything less than the sense of one's faculties slowly dying?

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...

Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by...