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They tell us that Pity is akin to Love if so, Pity must be a poor relation.
Arthur Helps
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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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The heroic example of other days is in great part the source of the courage of each generation and men walk up composedly to the most perilous enterprises, beckoned onward by the shades of the brave that were.
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The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.
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An official man is always an official man, and has a wild belief in the value of Reports.
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War may be the game of kings, but, like the games at ancient Rome, it is generally exhibited to please and pacify the people.
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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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We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.
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There is hardly a more common error than that of taking the man who has one talent, for a genius.
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