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

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
Wished
Memory
Memories
Much
Longed
Forgetfulness

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He who is continually changing his point of view sees more, and more clearly, than one who, statue-like, forever stands upon the same pedestal however lofty and well-placed that pedestal may be.
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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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The sense of danger is never, perhaps, so fully apprehended as when the danger has been overcome.
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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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Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
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Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense.
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Simple ignorance has in its time been complimented by the names of most of the vices, and of all the virtues.
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The worst use that can be made of success is to boast of it.
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Keep your feet on the ground, but let your heart soar as high as it will. Refuse to be average or to surrender to the chill of your spiritual environment.
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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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