"Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up……" — Arthur Machen
"Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its sourceFor, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and importance to be introduced. and final principles, vanishes into mystery."
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Arthur Machen
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22 Quotes by Arthur Machen
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Very softly, but very swiftly, Last, the man with the grey face and the staring eyes, bolted for his life,…
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For, usually and fitly, the presence of an introduction is held to imply that there is something of consequence and…
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Here then is the pattern in my carpet, the sense of the eternal mysteries, the eternal beauty hidden beneath the…
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If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often…
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It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many…
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It appears to me that it [sin] is simply an attempt to penetrate into another and higher sphere in a…
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Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to…
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The saint endeavors to recover a gift which he has lost; the sinner tries to obtain something which was never…
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For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to…
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Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.
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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly…
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In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star.
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The legislature's job is to write law. It's the executive branch's job to interpret law.
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You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you…
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When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the…
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I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let…
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The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence…
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For some years now I have read through the Bible twice every year. If you picture the Bible to be…
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I hope the necessity will at length be seen of establishing institutions, here as in Europe, where every branch of…
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In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the…
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No law can give Congress a backbone if it refuses to stand off as the coequal branch the Constitution made…
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The constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that the Executive is the branch of power most interested…
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