All A. C. Benson Quotes
- Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. Attitude
- A well begun is half ended. Action
- One's mind has a way of making itself up in the background, and it suddenly becomes clear what one means to do. Background
- The worst sorrows in life are not in its losses and misfortunes, but its fears. Fear
- When you get to my age life seems little more than one long march to and from the lavatory. Age
- People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. Help
- As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. Beautiful
- Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping. Ambition
- 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… Acutely
- I expect that all of us get pretty much what we deserve of appreciation. All
- All the best stories in the world are but one story in reality - the story of escape. It is the only thing which interests… All
- It seems sometimes as if one were powerless to do any more from within to overcome troubles, and that help must come from without. Any
- I believe in instinct, not reason. When reason is right, nine times out of ten it is impotent, and when it prevails, nine times out… Believe
- Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the… Admire
- A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk,… Account
- People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end. Deal
- Keeping up appearances is the most expensive thing in the world. Appearance
- What a strange power the perception of beauty is! It seems to ebb and flow like some secret tide, independent alike of health and disease,… Alike
- The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is… Good
- Do you know the times when one seems to stick fast in circumstances like the fly in the jam-pot? It can't be helped, and I… Best