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Quotes by Arthur James Balfour

The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the even more refined accomplishments of skipping and skimming.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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Every human soul is of infinite value, eternal, free; no human being, therefore, is so placed as not to have within his reach, in himself and others, objects adequate to infinite endeavor.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
Source: Letter to Mrs. Drew, 1918
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Ask with urgency and passion.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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I thought he was a young man of promise; but it appears he was a young man of promises.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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I never forgive, but I always forget.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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Nothing matters very much, and very few things matter at all.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

Arthur James Balfour (1848 - 1930)
 
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