A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

Quote by Arthur Helps

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Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has...

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.

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

It has always appeared to me, that there is so much to be done in...

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?

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium...

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...

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...

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...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the...

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...

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

Strength is born in the deep silence of long-suffering hearts; not amid joy.

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

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

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?

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket...

No place is boring, if you've had a good night's sleep and have a pocket...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.

The presidency has many problems, but boredom is the least of them.