Quote by Arnold Bennett
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Because her instinct has told her, or because she has been reliably informed, the faded virgin knows that the supreme joys are not for her; she knows by a process of the intellect; but she can feel her deprivation no more than the young mother can feel the hardship of the virgins lot. – Arnold Bennett

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If egotism means a terrific interest in ones self, egotism is absolutely essential to efficient living. – Arnold Bennett

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We need a sense of the value of time — that is, of the best way to divide ones time into ones various activities. – Arnold Bennett

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There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul. – Arnold Bennett

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