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Arthur Helps was a British writer and critic renowned for his contributions to literary and art criticism. Born on July 10, 1813, he made a significant impact on the literary world with his insightful analyses and reviews. Helps passed away on March 7, 1875, leaving behind a lasting legacy of critical thought and appreciation for the arts.

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“It requires a strong mind to bear up against several languages. Some persons have learnt so many, that they have ceased to think in any one.”

Thinking Mind Persons Language Strong Bears Strong Mind

Book:Essays and aphorisms

Source: Essays and aphorisms

“Men of much depth of mind can bear a great deal of counsel; for it does not easily deface their own character, nor render their purposes indistinct.”

Men Mind Doe Character Purpose Deals Advice Bears Depth

Book:Essays Written in the Intervals of Business: To which is Added An Essay on Organization in Daily Life

Source: Essays Written in the Intervals of Business: To which is Added An Essay on Organization in Daily Life

“The most common-place people become highly imaginative when they are in a passion. Whole dramas of insult, injury, and wrong pass before their minds,--efforts of creative genius, for there is sometimes not a fact to go upon.”

People Mind Sometimes Whole Facts Passion Common Effort Creative Genius Drama Insult Injury Imaginative Creative Genius

Book:Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

Source: Brevia: Short Essays and Aphorisms

“We should lay up in our minds a store of goodly thoughts which will be a living treasure of knowledge always with us, and from which, at various times, and amidst all the shiftings of circumstances, we might be sure of drawing some comfort, guidance and sympathy.”

Life Should Mind Might Knowledge Circumstances Comfort Lays Various Stores Drawing Treasure Guidance Shifting

Book:Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon

Source: Friends in Council: A Series of Readings and Discourse Thereon

About the Author

Born: July 10, 1813
Died: March 7, 1875
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 96

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Brevia: Short Essays and AphorismsRelated source material

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Companions of My SolitudeRelated source material

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Organization in Daily Life: An EssayRelated source material

Friends in CouncilRelated source material

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