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Arnold Bennett Quotes

Arnold Bennett quotes

English Novelist May 27, 1867 – March 27, 1931

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Arnold Bennett quote: "There grows in the North Country a certain kind of youth of..."
There grows in the North Country a certain kind of youth of whom it may be said that he is born to be a Londoner. Arnold Bennett
Nearly all bookish people are snobs, and especially the more enlightened among them. They are apt to assume that if a writer has immense circulation, if he is enjoyed by plain persons, and if he can fill several theatres at once, he cannont possibly be worth reading and merits only indifference and disdain. Arnold Bennett
To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held a dead fact, the soul grasps a living truth! At moments we are all artists. Arnold Bennett
It is difficult to make a reputation, but is even more difficult seriously to mar a reputation once properly made --- so faithful is the public. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate..."
The foundation of England's greatness is that Englishmen hate to look fools. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable..."
Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity. Arnold Bennett
Jane Austen? I feel that I am approaching dangerous ground. The reputation of Jane Austen is surrounded by cohorts of defenders who are ready to do murder for their sacred cause. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful..."
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a..."
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens..."
The man who begins to go to bed forty minutes before he opens his bedroom door is bored; that is to say, he is not living. Arnold Bennett
Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell, and the secret function of purgatory is to make of heaven an effective reality. Arnold Bennett
Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense. Arnold Bennett
Man, know thyself. I say it out loud. The phrase is one of those phrases with which everyone is familiar, of which everyone acknowledges the value, and which only the most sagacious put into practice. I don't know why. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "The moment you're born you're done for."
The moment you're born you're done for. Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett quote: "It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from..."
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top. Arnold Bennett

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