It is well, when judging a friend, to remember that he is judging you with the same godlike and superior imapartiality. Arnold Bennett More Quotes by Arnold Bennett More Quotes From Arnold Bennett The war years count double. Things and people not actively in use age twice as fast. Arnold Bennett warpeopleyears The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is. Arnold Bennett rutsdignityinspirational The people who live in the past must yield to the people who live in the future. Otherwise the world would begin to turn the other way round. Arnold Bennett yieldpeoplepast Time is the explicable raw material of everything. Arnold Bennett raw-materialsmaterialstime If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously planning out a timetable with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give up hope at once.If you are not prepared for discouragements and disillusions; Arnold Bennett effortgiving-uplying 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 boreddoorsmen Procrastination is suicide on the installment plan. Arnold Bennett funny-procrastinationprocrastinationsuicide Being a husband is a whole time job. That is why so many husbands fail. Arnold Bennett husbandjobsgiving The moment you're born you're done for. Arnold Bennett birthdonegiving Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live. Arnold Bennett lifeheavenmean All wrong doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to do. Arnold Bennett donemistakefunny During a long and varied career as a bachelor, dear spouse [mock platform manner], I have noticed that marriage is usually the death of politeness between a man and a woman. Arnold Bennett marriagecareersmen Literature exists so that where one man has lived finely ten thousand may afterward live finely Arnold Bennett literaturemaymen 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. Arnold Bennett lightintellectuallife The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child has to teach them; and the child has a very great deal to teach them Arnold Bennett parents-loveparentingchildren The most important preliminary to the task of arranging one's life so that one may live fully and comfortably within one's daily budget of 24 hours is the calm realization of the extreme difficulty of the task, of the sacrifices and the endless effort which it demands. Arnold Bennett effortsacrificelife You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw. Arnold Bennett bricksideasfirsts I know people who read and read, and for all the good it does them, they might as well cut bread and butter. Unless you give at least 45 minutes of careful, fatiguing reflection upon what you are reading, your minutes are chiefly wasted. Arnold Bennett cuttingreadingreflection Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your outlay it's a good investment. Arnold Bennett centsinvestmentlove Only a very gifted mind could cope singly with all the problems which present themselves in the perfecting of a home. Arnold Bennett problemmindhome
