Arnold Bennett

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture read more

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan

Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

Mother is far too clever to understand anything she does not like.

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is read more

A sense of the value of time--that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities--is an essential preliminary to efficient work; it is the only method of avoiding hurry.