Arthur Christopher Benson Quotes

When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. - Arthur Christopher Benson

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. - Arthur Christopher Benson

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. - Arthur Christopher Benson

Readjusting is a painful process, but most of us need it at one time or another. - Arthur Christopher Benson

People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. - Arthur Christopher Benson

One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. - Arthur Christopher Benson

Man, an animal that makes bargains. - Arthur Christopher Benson

Land of Hope and Glory, Mother of the Free, / How shall we extol thee, who are born of thee? / Wider still and wider shall thy bounds be set; / God who made thee mighty, make thee mightier yet. - Arthur Christopher Benson

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste. - Arthur Christopher Benson

I am sure it is one's duty as a teacher to try to show boys that no opinions, no tastes, no emotions are worth much unless they are one's own. I suffered acutely as a boy from the lack of being shown this. - Arthur Christopher Benson

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