Arnold Bennett Quotes

United Kingdom, Writer
May 27, 1867 – March, 27, 1931.

Enoch Arnold Bennett (27 May 1867 – 27 March 1931) was an English writer. He is best known as a novelist, but he also worked in other fields such as the theatre, journalism, propaganda and films.

Also known as Journalist

The price of justice is eternal publicity.

Arnold Bennett
- Justice
Yes books are valuable. But not reading of books will take the place of a daily, candid, honest examination of what one has recently done, and what one is about to do - of a steady looking at one's self in the face (disconcerting though the sight may be).

Arnold Bennett
- Done
- May
- Reading

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is supposed to have read, and that not to have read is a social sin? If such a being does exist, surely he is an old, a very old man.

Arnold Bennett
- Culture
- Wonder
A cause may be inconvenient, but it's magnificent. It's like champagne or high heels, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.

Arnold Bennett
- May
- High
- Champagne
Journalists say a thing that they know isn't true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true.

Arnold Bennett
- Long
- True
- Hope
A prig is a pompous fool who has gone out for a ceremonial walk, and without knowing it has lost an important part of his attire, namely, his sense of humour.

Arnold Bennett
- Important
- Lost
- Fool
Being a husband is a whole-time job. That is why so many husbands fail. They can't give their entire attention to it.

Arnold Bennett
- Time
- Why
- Job
And, having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labour is immense.

Arnold Bennett
- Confidence