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A. C. Benson Quotes

1862–1925 England

Arthur Christopher Benson (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was a British essayist, poet and author.

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Also known as: Arthur Christopher Benson, Benson, A. C.

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Good and beautiful things may easily be spoiled by suggestions of rights and duties

In literature, in art, in life, I think that the only conclusions worth coming to are one's own conclusions . If they march with the verdict of the connoisseurs , so much the better for the connoisseurs ; if they do not so march , so much the better for oneself.

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

Escape, and Other Essays (1915)

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