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I ought to reflect again and again, and yet again, that the beings that I have to steer are just as inevitable in the scheme of evolution as I am myself; have just as much right to be themselves as I am entitled to; and they all deserve from me as much sympathy as I give to myself.

Arnold Bennett
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Arnold Bennett's Popular Quotes

As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.

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It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.

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If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.

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Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows…

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You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.

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We need a sense of the value of time - that is, of the best way to divide one's time into one's various activities.

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Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.

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Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.

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Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.

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