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

Quote by Arthur Helps

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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,...

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?

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

Choose an author as you choose a friend.

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

The more decisions that you are forced to make alone, the more you are aware...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop...

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Friends and acquaintances are the surest passport to fortune.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...