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> [Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/without-charm-there-can-be-no-fine-literature-as-there-can-be-no/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

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## More by Arthur Symons

> [A place has almost the shyness of a person, with strangers; and its secret is not to be surprised by a too direct interrogation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/a-place-has-almost-the-shyness-of-a-person-with-strangers-and-its/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [My life is like a music-hall,Where, in the impotence of rage,Chained by enchantment to my stall,I see myself upon the stageDance to amuse a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/my-life-is-like-a-music-hall-where-in-the-impotence-of-rage-chained/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [The clamours of spring are the same old delicate noises, The earth renews its magical youth at a breath.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/the-clamours-of-spring-are-the-same-old-delicate-noises-the-earth/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [Without charm there can be no fine literature, as there can be no perfect flower without fragrance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/without-charm-there-can-be-no-fine-literature-as-there-can-be-no/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [I know the woman has no soul, I know The woman has no possibilities Of soul or mind or heart, but merely is The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/i-know-the-woman-has-no-soul-i-know-the-woman-has-no-possibilities-of/)

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> [God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/god-like-all-highest-things-hides-light-in-shade-and-in-the-night-his/)

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> [Leave words to them whom words, not doings, move.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/leave-words-to-them-whom-words-not-doings-move/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/a-realist-in-venice-would-become-a-romantic-by-mere-faithfulness-to/)

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> [The English mist is always at work like a subtle painter, and London is a vast canvas prepared for the mist to work on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/the-english-mist-is-always-at-work-like-a-subtle-painter-and-london/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [I had my dreams of Venice, but nothing that I had dreamed was as impossible as what I found.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/i-had-my-dreams-of-venice-but-nothing-that-i-had-dreamed-was-as/)

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> [Hardly any one is able to see what is before him, just as it is in itself. He comes expecting one thing, he finds…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/hardly-any-one-is-able-to-see-what-is-before-him-just-as-it-is-in/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [Sweet, can I sing you the song of your kisses? How soft is this one, how subtle this is, How fluttering swift as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/sweet-can-i-sing-you-the-song-of-your-kisses-how-soft-is-this-one-how/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [The mystic too full of God to speak intelligibly to the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/the-mystic-too-full-of-god-to-speak-intelligibly-to-the-world/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [A place has almost a shyness of a person with strangers; its secret is not to be surprised by too direct interrogation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/a-place-has-almost-a-shyness-of-a-person-with-strangers-its-secret-is/)

[Arthur Symons](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-symons/)

> [My soul is like this cloudy, flaming opal ring.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-symons/my-soul-is-like-this-cloudy-flaming-opal-ring/)

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