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
optimism pessimism pessimist
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
faith mind mystical
To my mind the most poignant mystical exhoration ever written is "Be still and know that I am God."
people dignity stature
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.
life mean heaven
Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.
life light intellectual
The manner in which one single ray of light, one single precious hint, will clarify and energize the whole mental life of him who receives it, is among the most wonderful and heavenly of intellectual phenomena.
marriage men careers
During a long and varied career as a bachelor, I have noticed that marriage is the death of politeness between a man and a woman.
miracle raw-materials affair
Time is the inexplicable raw material of everything. With it, all is possible, without it nothing. The supply of time is truly a daily miracle, an affair genuinely astonishing when one examines it.
tests firsts calling
The test of a first-rate work, and a test of your sincerity in calling it a first-rate work, is that you finish it.
art book reading
Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.
love investment cents
Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment.
magic nerves method
There is no magic method of beginning... Take hold of your nerves, and jump.
enemy friends-and-enemies poetry-is
I will never cease advising my friends and enemies to read poetry before anything.
eye self tongue
Falsehood often lurks upon the tongue of him, who, by self-praise, seeks to enhance his value in the eyes of others.
stupid sleep people
Most people sleep themselves stupid.