What did Arthur Helps mean by: Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. - Arthur Helps Writer · England Copy
+ I do not know any way so sure of making others happy as of being so oneself, to begin with. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Happiness, Self, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Forgetfulness, Memories, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it. Feraz Zeid, November 4, 2023December 26, 2023, Arthur Helps, Success, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Book, Reading, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Belief, Bureaucracy, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ The apparent foolishness of others is but too frequently our own ignorance. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Fool, Ignorance, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure. Feraz Zeid, January 9, 2024January 9, 2024, Arthur Helps, Pleasure, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
+ Experience is the extract of suffering. Feraz Zeid, October 3, 2023December 26, 2023, Arthur Helps, Suffering, 0 - Arthur Helps Writer · England
There is no excess in the world so commendable as excessive gratitude. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A person’s worth in this world is estimated according to the value he puts on himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The constancy of the wise is only the art of keeping disquietude to one’s self. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
Numberless arts appear foolish whose secret motives are most wise and weighty. Explain - François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
A wise man neither suffers himself to be governed, nor attempts to govern others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
