The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut, one knows exactly where one is.

Quote by Arnold Bennett

Topics: Arnold Bennett Quotes

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...

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

We shall never have more time. We have, and always had, all the time there...

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your...

Make love to every woman you meet; if you get five per cent of your...

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

Well, my deliberate opinion is - it's a jolly strange world.

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces...

The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces...

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

Anthology construction is one of the pleasantest hobbies that a person who is not mad...

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

All wrong-doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to...

All wrong-doing is done in the sincere belief that it is the best thing to...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

Much ingenuity with a little money is vastly more profitable and amusing than much money...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

The parents exist to teach the child, but also they must learn what the child...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter...

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell,...

Of all the inhabitants of the inferno, none but Lucifer knows that hell is hell,...

Literature exists so that where one man has lived finely ten thousand may afterward live...

Literature exists so that where one man has lived finely ten thousand may afterward live...

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

Always behave as if nothing had happened, no matter what has happened.

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

For me, photographs take their power from memory and emotion. A picture tells its own...

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my...

But as for me, when they were sick, my clothing was sackcloth: I humbled my...