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
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wise lonely retirement
A great many wise sayings have been uttered about the effects of solitary retirement; but the motives which impel men to seek it are not more various than the effects which it produces on different individuals. One thing is certain, that those who can with truth affirm that they are "never less alone than when alone," might generally add that they never feel more lonely than when not alone.
men illusion he-man
Most terrors are but spectral illusions. Only have the courage of the man who could walk up to his spectre seated in the chair before him, and sit down upon it; the horrid thing will not partake the chair with you.
character men opinion
The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.
ignorance simple names
Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues.
made blunders bus
There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made if he had only ridden more in buses.
men belief bureaucracy
An official man is always an official man, and he has a wild belief in the value of reports.
pity poor relation
They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.
real civilization tolerance
Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.
morning hard-work passion
No doubt hard work is a great police agent. If everybody were worked from morning till night, and then carefully locked up, the register of crime might be greatly diminished. But what would become of human nature? Where would be the room for growth in such a system of things? It is through sorrow and mirth, plenty and need, a variety of passions, circumstances, and temptations, even through sin and misery, that men's natures are developed.
men fire bystanders
The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on the occurrence of a fire in his own house, because of some homely reminiscence unknown to the observing bystander.
fall men glasses
Many a man has a kind of a kaleidoscope, where the bits of broken glass are his own merits and fortunes; and they fall into harmonious arrangements, and delight him, often most mischievously and to his ultimate detriment; but they are a present pleasure.
men appreciate harsh
Any one who is much talked of be much maligned. This seems to be a harsh conclusion; but when you consider how much more given men are to depreciate than to appreciate, you will acknowledge that there is some truth in the saying.
wise winning men
Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time, up to the last moment, to bring before a wise man arguments that may entirely change his opinion.
spring despair mountain
Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the mountain of despair and melancholy.