"No man can describe to another convincingly wherein……" — Algernon Blackwood
"No man can describe to another convincingly wherein lies the magic of the woman who ensnares him."
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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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But the wicked passions of men's hearts alone seem strong enough to leave pictures that persist the good are ever…
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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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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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One of our most important tasks will be to save future generations from a similar political fate and to maintain…
— Adolf Hitler
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Any thought that is passed on to the subconscious often enough and convincingly enough is finally accepted.
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When two texts, or two assertions, perhaps two ideas, are in contradiction, be ready to reconcile them rather than cancel…
— Marguerite Yourcenar
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Anyone who can handle a needle convincingly can make us see a thread which is not there.
— Ernst Gombrich
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In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating…
— E. O. Wilson
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... three main components of leadership: mastery of the subject-matter, ability convincingly to articulate the particular course of action required…
— Unknown Author
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I think it's important I stay connected to every part of my personality. I play basketball. I rock climb. I…
— Ansel Elgort
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I've noticed two things about men who get big salaries. They are almost invariably men who, in conversation or in…
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If every UFO report could be convincingly credited to some conventional astronomical or atmospheric phenomenon, there would be no UFO…
— Don Berliner
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One of the most pathetic aspects of human history is that every civilization expresses itself most pretentiously, compounds its partial…
— Reinhold Niebuhr
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The writer who refuses to explore the darker regions of the heart will never be able to write convincingly about…
— Nick Cave
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Challenging power structures from the inside, working the cracks within the system, however, requires learning to speak multiple languages of…
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