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Most terrors are but spectral illusions. Only have the courage of the man who could walk up to his spectre seated in the chair before him, and sit down upon it the horrid thing will not partake the chair with you.
Arthur Helps
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Arthur Helps
Age: 61 †
Born: 1813
Born: July 10
Died: 1875
Died: March 7
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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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You cannot ensure the gratitude of others for a favour conferred upon them in the way which is most agreeable to yourself.
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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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Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers
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Men rattle their chains-to manifest their freedom.
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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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Selfishness, when it is punished by the world, is mostly punished because it is connected with egotism.
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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. So it is with our moral improvement: we wrestle fiercely with a vicious habit, which could have no hold upon us if we ascended into a higher moral atmosphere.
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