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Self and Self-management

Self and Self-management

by Arnold Bennett

First published 1918 · 96 pages · about 2 hours to read

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  • “I WILL take the extreme case of the social butterfly, because it has the great advantage of simplicity.”
    Chapter I
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  • “Her aim, like the aim of most people except the very poor (whose aim is simply to keep alive), is happiness. But the unfortunate creature, as you and I can so clearly see, has confused happiness with pleasure.”
    Chapter I
  • “To take refuge from life is to refuse it.”
    Chapter IV
  • “Axiom: There is not enough suitable work to go round, nor the thousandth part of what would be enough.”
    Chapter II
  • “But diaries are the opposite of novels, in that time increases instead of decreasing their interest.”
    Chapter III

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