The world will tolerate many vices, but not their diminutives. — Arthur Helps Tolerate Copy Share Image
The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance. — Arthur Helps Foolishness Copy Share Image
Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture. — Arthur Helps Deceived Copy Share Image
Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure. — Arthur Helps Giving Copy Share Image
Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. — Arthur Helps Apes Copy Share Image
It is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown. — Arthur Helps Endurance Copy Share Image
The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman,… — Arthur Helps Family Copy Share Image
Thoughts there are, not to be translated into any language, and spirits alone can read them. — Arthur Helps Language Copy Share Image
People resemble still more the time in which they live, than they resemble their fathers. — Arthur Helps Father Copy Share Image
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. — Arthur Helps Balanced Copy Share Image
The measure of civilization in a people is to be found in its just appreciation of the wrongfulness of war. — Arthur Helps Appreciation Copy Share Image
Some persons, instead of making a religion for their God, are content to make a god of their religion. — Arthur Helps Persons Copy Share Image
If you are often deceived by those around you, you may be sure that you deserve to be deceived; and that instead… — Arthur Helps Credulity Copy Share Image
Always win fools first. They talk much, and what they have once uttered they will stick to; whereas there is always time,… — Arthur Helps Argument Copy Share Image
Do not shun this maxim because it is common-place. On the contrary, take the closest heed of what observant men, who would… — Arthur Helps Closest Copy Share Image
We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with… — Arthur Helps Circumstances Copy Share Image
Almost all human affairs are tedious. Everything is too long. Visits, dinners, concerts, plays, speeches, pleadings, essays, sermons, are too long. Pleasure… — Arthur Helps Abundance Copy Share Image
There are no better cosmetics than a severe temperance and purity, modesty and humility, a gracious temper and calmness of spirit; and… — Arthur Helps Beauty Copy Share Image
The man who could withstand, with his fellow-men in single line, a charge of cavalry may lose all command of himself on… — Arthur Helps Bystanders Copy Share Image
The most common-place people become highly imaginative when they are in a passion. Whole dramas of insult, injury, and wrong pass before… — Arthur Helps Common Copy Share Image
Those who are successfully to lead their fellow-men, should have once possessed the nobler feelings. We have all known individuals whose magnanimity… — Arthur Helps Advancement Copy Share Image
No man who has not sat in the assemblies of men can know the light, odd and uncertain ways in which decisions… — Arthur Helps Assembly Copy Share Image
Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist; but by ascending a little you may often look over it… — Arthur Helps Ascending Copy Share Image
It is quite impossible to understand the character of a person from one action, however striking that action may be. — Arthur Helps Action Copy Share Image
It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it. — Arthur Helps Advice Copy Share Image
Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism. — Arthur Helps Connected Copy Share Image
They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation. — Arthur Helps Ifs Copy Share Image
If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. — Arthur Helps Age Copy Share Image
Nature intended you to be the fountain-spring of cheerfulness and social life, and not the mountain of despair and melancholy. — Arthur Helps Cheerfulness Copy Share Image
It requires a strong mind to bear up against several languages. Some persons have learnt so many, that they have ceased to… — Arthur Helps Bears Copy Share Image
The very best financial presentation is one that's well thought out and anticipates any questions... answering them in advance. — Arthur Helps Anticipate Copy Share Image
What a blessing this smoking is! Perhaps the greatest that we owe to the discovery of America. — Arthur Helps America Copy Share Image
We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest. — Arthur Helps Known Copy Share Image
War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify… — Arthur Helps Ancient Copy Share Image
Extremely foolish advice is likely to be uttered by those who are looking at the laboring vessel from the land. — Arthur Helps Advice Copy Share Image
The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character. — Arthur Helps Betray Copy Share Image
The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for… — Arthur Helps Character Copy Share Image
