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Quotes by Sir Arthur Helps
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 to a higher atmosphere. -— filed under Habit
Those who err in one direction, always take care to let you know that they are quite free from error in the opposite direction. A boorish man thanks God very loudly that he is not insincere - nobody having ever thought of accusing him even of that small and wretched approach to politeness, which is sometimes flavored by insincerity.— filed under Self-Righteousness