Arnold Bennett
Arnold Bennett
Enoch Arnold Bennettwas an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as journalism, propaganda and film...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth27 May 1867
success views best-effort
It is easier to go down a hill than up, but the view is from the top.
happiness way pleasure
The pleasure of doing a thing in the same way at the same time every day, and savoring it, should be noted.
too-much littles human-nature
Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own.
inspirational spring believe
The chances are that you have already come to believe that happiness is unattainable. But men have attained it. And they have attained it by realizing that happiness does not spring from the procuring of physical or mental pleasure, but from the development of reason and the adjustment of conduct to principles.
inspirational self-confidence gains
The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.
firsts unexpected planning
A first-rate organizer is never in a hurry. He is never late. He always keeps up his sleeve a margin for the unexpected.
justice publicity eternity
The price of Justice is eternal publicity.
money littles amusing
Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money without ingenuity.
creativity artist soul
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.
character taste bad-taste
Good taste is better than bad taste, but bad taste is better than no taste.
wise tea may
The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.
funny high-heels suffering
A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.
music wisdom dope
Its language is a language which the soul alone understands, but which the soul can never translate.
knowledge learning soul
There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul.