112 Quotes by Arthur Helps

There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.

Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.

They tell us that "Pity is akin to Love;" if so, Pity must be a poor relation.

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.

No man has ever praised to persons equally-and pleased them both.

Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away.

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.

The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.