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"No man ever praised two persons equally—and pleased them both."
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Arthur HelpsIt has always appeared to me that there is so much to be done in this — Arthur Helps
"It has always appeared to me that there is so much to be done in this world, that all self-inflicted suffering which cannot be turned to good account for others, is a loss—a loss, if you may so express it, to the spiritual world."
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Arthur Helps
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Sir Arthur Helps was an English writer and dean of the Privy Council. He was a Cambridge Apostle and an early advocate of animal rights.
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"Self-indulgence takes many forms; and we should bear in mind that there may be a sullen sensuality as well as a gay one."
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"Our knowledge of human nature is for the most part empirical; and it would often be better, if, instead of endeavouring to say some new things ourselves, we were to confirm without more words the sayings of another."
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"You must work for yourself; for what you reject may be as important for you to have seen and thought about, as what you adopt."
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"Even the most careless people have a sort of aversion to signing things which they have never considered."
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"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 omnibuses."
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