Author: A. C. Benson

Quotes

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.

- A. C. Benson

All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

All the best stories are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests us all and at all times, how to escape.

- A. C. Benson

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

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

- A. C. Benson

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

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

- A. C. Benson

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.

- A. C. Benson

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

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

- A. C. Benson

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears.

- A. C. Benson

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