Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Quote by Arthur Helps

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

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

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?

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...

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

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...

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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...

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.

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...

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...

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

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.

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

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

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

Let us read with method, and propose to ourselves an end to which our studies...

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...

The American reading his Sunday paper in a state of lazy collapse is perhaps the...