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It is a weak thing to tell half your story, and then ask your friend's advice-a still weaker thing to take it.

Arthur Helps

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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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Sir Arthur Helps
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The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.
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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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We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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Infinite toil would not enable you to sweep away a mist but by ascending a little you may often look over it altogether.
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Few have wished for memory so much as they have longed for forgetfulness.
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