Arthur Helps
Arthur Helps
Sir Arthur Helps KCB HonDCLwas an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionHistorian
Date of Birth10 July 1813
men light decision
No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions are often arrived at.
beauty humility grace
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.
kings war rome
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.
reading sometimes avoiding
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
time play long
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure and business labor equally under this defect, or, as I should rather say, this fatal super-abundance.
opinion argument
We are pleased with one who instantly assents to our opinions, but we love a proselyte.
organization order routine
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
inspirational spiritual heart
Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
inspirational wise gratitude
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
mixtures recipes affection
A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
understood known
We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.
british-historian people wisdom
We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.