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Do not be deceived into thinking that how a man acts is the full picture.

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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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Deceived
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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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Every happiness is a hostage to fortune.
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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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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
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We are frequently understood the least by those who have known us the longest.
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The world will find out that part of your character which concerns it: that which especially concerns yourself, it will leave for you to discover.
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Man ceased to be an ape, vanquished the ape, on the day the first book was written.
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They tell us that Pity is akin to Love if so, Pity must be a poor relation.
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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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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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In a balanced organization, working towards a common objective, there is success.
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I do not know any way so sure of making others happy as of being so oneself, to begin with.
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Many know how to please, but know not when they have ceased to give pleasure.
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It takes a great man to make a great listener
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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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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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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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It is in length of patience, endurance and forbearance that so much of what is good in mankind and womankind is shown.
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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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