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
Arthur Helps quotes about
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.
men praise persons
No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.
pride atmosphere wickedness
Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.
disappointment philosopher mets
Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers
memories forgetfulness
Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.
success use made
The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.
honesty hypocrite expression
There is an honesty which is but decided selfishness in disguise. The person who will not refrain from expressing his or her sentiments and manifesting his or her feelings, however unfit the time, however inappropriate the place, however painful this expression may be, lays claim, forsooth, to our approbation as an honest person, and sneers at those of finer sensibilities as hypocrites.