Quotes by James Payn about Good luck

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.

Quote by James Payn about good luck

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

Quote by James Payn about good luck

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.

Quote by James Payn about good luck

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.

Quote by James Payn about good luck

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

Quote by James Payn about good luck

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.

Quote by James Payn about good luck