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Arthur Machen Quotes

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible Picture Quote #1

It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis Picture Quote #1

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible Picture Quote #1

Silence is not weakness and decency is not pride Picture Quote #1

Old stories often turn out to be true Picture Quote #1

In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star Picture Quote #1

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There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper Picture Quote #1

I dream in fire but work in clay Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho analysis Picture Quote #1

There are sacraments of evil as well as of good about us, and we live and move to my belief in an unknown world, a place where there are caves and shadows and dwellers in twilight. It is possible that man may sometimes return on the track of evolution, and it is my belief that an awful lore is not yet dead Picture Quote #1

We lead two lives, and the half of our soul is madness, and half heaven is lit by a black sun. I say I am a man, is the other that hides in me? Picture Quote #1

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For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained by talking to them about liberty, their unknown God. And so much are they enchanted by the words liberty, freedom, and such like, that the wise can go to the poor, rob them of what little they have, dismiss them with a hearty kick, and win their hearts and their votes for ever, if only they will assure them that the treatment which they have received is called liberty Picture Quote #1

Here then is the pattern in my carpet, the sense of the eternal mysteries, the eternal beauty hidden beneath the crust of common and commonplace things; hidden and yet burning and glowing continually if you care to look with purged eyes Picture Quote #1

Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery Picture Quote #1

Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science Picture Quote #1

If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress Picture Quote #1

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It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible. (Arthur Machen Quotes) It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho-analysis. (Arthur Machen Quotes) It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible (Arthur Machen Quotes) Silence is not weakness and decency is not pride (Arthur Machen Quotes) Old stories often turn out to be true (Arthur Machen Quotes) In every grain of wheat there lies hidden the soul of a star (Arthur Machen Quotes) There are strange things lost and forgotten in obscure corners of the newspaper (Arthur Machen Quotes) I dream in fire but work in clay (Arthur Machen Quotes) 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 (Arthur Machen Quotes) It is all nonsense, to be sure; and so much the greater nonsense inasmuch as the true interpretation of many dreams - not by any means of all dreams - moves, it may be said, in the opposite direction to the method of psycho analysis (Arthur Machen Quotes) There are sacraments of evil as well as of good about us, and we live and move to my belief in an unknown world, a place where there are caves and shadows and dwellers in twilight. It is possible that man may sometimes return on the track of evolution, and it is my belief that an awful lore is not yet dead (Arthur Machen Quotes) We lead two lives, and the half of our soul is madness, and half heaven is lit by a black sun. I say I am a man, is the other that hides in me? (Arthur Machen Quotes) For, contrary to the common opinion, it is the wealthy who are greedy of wealth; while the populace are to be gained by talking to them about liberty, their unknown God. And so much are they enchanted by the words liberty, freedom, and such like, that the wise can go to the poor, rob them of what little they have, dismiss them with a hearty kick, and win their hearts and their votes for ever, if only they will assure them that the treatment which they have received is called liberty (Arthur Machen Quotes) Here then is the pattern in my carpet, the sense of the eternal mysteries, the eternal beauty hidden beneath the crust of common and commonplace things; hidden and yet burning and glowing continually if you care to look with purged eyes (Arthur Machen Quotes) Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery (Arthur Machen Quotes) Now, everybody, I suppose, is aware that in recent years the silly business of divination by dreams has ceased to be a joke and has become a very serious science (Arthur Machen Quotes) If a man dreams that he has committed a sin before which the sun hid his face, it is often safe to conjecture that, in sheer forgetfulness, he wore a red tie, or brown boots with evening dress (Arthur Machen Quotes)