"We both wondered whether these contradictions that one……" — Arthur Machen
"We both wondered whether these contradictions that one can't avoid if one begins to think of time and space may not really be proofs that the whole of life is a dream, and the moon and stars bits of nightmare."
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22 Quotes by Arthur Machen
Arthur Machen has 22 quotes on this site.
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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 aim of the wise is not to secure pleasure, but to avoid pain.
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Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United…
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Like many modern poets, I tend to conceal rhymes by placing them in the middle of lines, and to avoid…
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I think I hate cynicism more than anything else. It's the curse of our age, and I want to avoid…
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Avoid problems, and you'll never be the one who overcame them.
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— Christian Bale
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Do not worry about avoiding temptation. As you grow older it will avoid you.
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My point is that perceptual bias can affect nut jobs and scientists alike. If we hold too rigidly to what…
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The argument of socialists, that people really want to share, beyond a reasonable level of charity, is rubbish, though it…
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Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
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If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
— Napoleon Bonaparte
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