Worry is evidence of an ill-controlled brain; it is merely a stupid waste of time in unpleasantness. If men and women practiced mental calisthenics as they do physical calisthenics, they would purge their brains of this foolishness.
As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves. - Arnold Bennett
As a rule people don't collect books; they let books collect themselves.
- Arnold Bennett
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity. - Arnold Bennett
It is only people of small stature who have to stand on their dignity.
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… - Arnold Bennett
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…
If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life. - Arnold Bennett
If you've ever really been poor, you remain poor at heart all your life.
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. - Arnold Bennett
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.
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission. - Arnold Bennett
Your own mind is a sacred enclosure into which nothing harmful can enter except by your permission.
Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live. - Arnold Bennett
Prepare to live by all means, but for Heaven's sake do not forget to live.
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe. - Arnold Bennett
Saw Washington Monument. Phallic. Appalling. A national catastrophe.
You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw. - Arnold Bennett
You can only acquire really useful general ideas by first acquiring particular ideas . . . You cannot make bricks without straw.
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