Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Quote by Arthur Helps

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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?

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 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...

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?

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

Experience is the extract of suffering.

Experience is the extract of suffering.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...

My alma mater was books, a good library - I could spend the rest of...