Quotes by James Payn about Good

6 quotes by James Payn about good

James Payn English novelist

A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity or even patented for himself must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.

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And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in...

And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.

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As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification, such a man will be careful not to be wearisome, and to keep his point, or his catastrophe, well in hand.

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How large and varied is the educational bill of fare set before every young gentleman in Great Britain; and to judge by the mental stamina it affords him in most cases, what a waste of good food it is.

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One forgives the critic perhaps but never the...

One forgives the critic perhaps but never the good-natured friend.

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Some Critics on the Hearth are not only good-natured, but have rather too high, or, if that is impossible, let us say too pronounced, an opinion of the abilities of their literary friends.

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