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
appreciation war civilization
The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war.
spring despair mountain
Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the mountain of despair and melancholy.
religion persons
Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion.
men silence might
It has been said with some meaning that if men would but rest in silence, they might always hear the music of the spheres.
character may action
It is quite impossible to understand the character of a person from one action, however striking that action may be.
character world concern
The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
character errors feelings
A great and frequent error in our judgment of human nature is to suppose that those sentiments and feelings have no existence, which may be only for a time concealed. The precious metals are not found at the surface of the earth, except in sandy places.
jealous deception may
If you are often deceived by those around you, you may be sure that you deserve to be deceived; and that instead of railing at the general falseness of mankind, you have first to pronounce judgment on your own jealous tyranny, or on your own weak credulity.
gratitude way favour
You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.
happiness self way
I do not know of any sure way of making others happy as being so one's self.
men house privilege
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
time father people
People resemble still more the time in which they live, than they resemble their fathers.
inspirational motivational success
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
fortune hostage
Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.