Quote by Arthur Balfour
Biography should be written by an acute enemy. - Arthur Balfour

Biography should be written by an acute enemy. – Arthur Balfour

Other quotes by Arthur Balfour

The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity. – Arthur Balfour

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Forgiveness
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He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming. – Arthur Balfour

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Art
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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 Balfour

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Truth
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Just as there is nothing between the admirable omelet and the intolerable, so with autobiography. – Hilaire Belloc

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A well-written life is almost as rare as a well-spent one. – Thomas Carlyle

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Legacy

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare them openly is rather like facing a psychoanalyst. – Italo Calvino

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I – Louisa May Alcott

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