There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and there is no true beauty without the signatures of these graces in the very countenance.

Quote by Arthur Helps

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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

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

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...

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought

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...

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...

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?

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,...

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.

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

War educates the senses, calls into action the will, perfects the physical constitution, brings men...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...

The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire; the size...