All James Payn Quotes
- There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as… Competence
- The fact is, if a young man is naturally indolent, the spur of necessity will drive him but a very little way, while the having… Drive
- Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards. Boards
- It is quite extraordinary how very various are the opinions entertained on this point, and, before sifting them, one must be careful in the first… Careful
- In England, literary pretence is more universal than elsewhere from our method of education. Education
- But, on the other hand, the occasional and precarious dripping of coppers has by no means a genial effect. Coppers