Arthur Christopher Benson Quotes

A well begun is half ended.

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.

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

I read the newspaper avidly. It is my one form of continuous fiction.

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

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

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

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

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