Alchemy Quote by Ernest Hemingway

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains,…

— Benjamin Disraeli

We cannot judge fully of men's works by what we see, or what is said and thought of them; for man is prone to…

— Orson F. Whitney

The essence of a man is found in his faults.

— Francis Picabia

I want to explain the new alchemy [in the "From Earth, Air, Fire, and Water to a New Vision of Mind and Time"], which…

— Fred Alan Wolf

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone.

— John Hall Gladstone

The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself.…

— Shadow

To comprehend a man's life, it is necessary to know not merely what he does but also what he purposely leaves undone. There is…

— John Hall Gladstone

the writing of some men is like a vast bridge that carries you over the many things that claw and tear. The Wine of…

— Charles Bukowski

Everything a man writes about himself is instructive.

— John Glassco

Every man speaks and writes with intent to be understood; and it can seldom happen but he that understands himself, might convey his notions…

— Samuel Johnson

Such is the frailty of man that even where he makes the truest and most forcible impression in the memory, in the heart of…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man is made for error; it enters his mind naturally, and he discovers a few truths only with the greatest effort.

— Frederick The Great