Sir Arthur Helps Quotes

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Experience is the extract of suffering.
— Sir Arthur Helps Notes of Thought

suffering experience

Tolerance is the only real test of civilization.
— Sir Arthur Helps
Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought.
— Sir Arthur Helps

reading

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away.
— Sir Arthur Helps Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd

kindness

If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely.
— Sir Arthur Helps Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd

reading fiction

Friendship is often outgrown; and his former child's clothes will no more fit a man than some of his former friendships.
— Sir Arthur Helps Friends in Council

friendship

The greatest luxury of riches is that they enable you to escape so much good advice. The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
— Sir Arthur Helps

advice