An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in the value of reports

Quote by Arthur Helps

Topics: Belief Quotes, Mankind Quotes

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

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

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

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...

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...

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...

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?

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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

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,...

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.

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...

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?