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.
The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance. - Arthur Helps
The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance.
- Arthur Helps
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 tr… - Arthur Helps
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 tr…
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 environ… - Arthur Helps
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 environ…
To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of livi… - Arthur Helps
To hear always, to think always, to learn always, it is thus that we live truly. He who aspires to nothing, who learns nothing, is not worthy of livi…
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. - Arthur Helps
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success. - Arthur Helps
In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order. - Arthur Helps
Routine is not organization, any more than paralysis is order.
The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it. - Arthur Helps
The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.
Tolerance is the only real test of civilization. - Arthur Helps
Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.
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