"But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone……" — Algernon Blackwood
"But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever too luke-warm."
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Algernon Blackwood
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16 Quotes by Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood has 16 quotes on this site.
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The best match in the world will not light a candle unless the wick be first suitably prepared.
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Adventures come to the adventurous, and mysterious things fall in the way of those who, with wonder and imagination, are…
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My imagination requires a judicious rein; I am afraid to let it loose, for it carries me sometimes into appalling…
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It is, alas, chiefly the evil emotions that are able to leave their photographs on surrounding scenes and objects and…
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And if thought and emotion can persist in this way so long after the brain that sent them forth has…
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No place worth knowing yields itself at sight, and those the least inviting on first view may leave the most…
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To the Sabbath! To the Sabbath!' they cried. 'On to the Witches' Sabbath!" Up and down that narrow hall they…
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The Wise are silent, the Foolish speak, and children are thus led astray.
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Not easily may an individual escape the deep slavery of the herd.
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No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him.
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The dark side of life, and the horror of it, belonged to a world that lay remote from his own…
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When common objects in this way be come charged with the suggestion of horror, they stimulate the imagination far more…
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