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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.
Balfour, Arthur James
Forgiveness

I never forgive, but I always forget.
Balfour, Arthur James
Forgiveness

The General Strike has taught the working class more in four days than years of talking could have done.
Balfour, Arthur James
Strikes

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.
Balfour, Arthur James
Truth

Biography should be written by an acute enemy.
Balfour, Arthur James
Biography

Enthusiasm moves the world.
Balfour, Arthur James
Enthusiasm

Ask with urgency and passion.
Balfour, Arthur James
Ask

He has only half learned the art of reading who has not added to it the more refined art of skipping and skimming.
Balfour, Arthur James
Books - Reading

I thought he was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises. [Speaking Of Winston Churchill]
Balfour, Arthur James
Ability

Nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.
Balfour, Arthur James
Value