Every branch of human knowledge, if traced up to its source and final principles, vanishes into mystery.
Arthur Machen
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For every branch of every science known.
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ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man's face as a rule says more, and more interesting things, than his mouth, for it is a compendiu...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER It is only at the first encounter that a face makes its full impression on us.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Wicked thoughts and worthless efforts gradually set their mark on the face, especially the eyes.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Experience is the key to greatness.
ARTHUR WILLIAMS I saw that all beings are fated to happiness: action is not life, but a way of wasting some force, a...
ARTHUR RIMBAUD A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the p...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I believe that I am in hell, therefore I am there.
ARTHUR RIMBAUD Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
ARTHUR MURPHY Hatred is a thing of the heart, contempt a thing of the head. Hatred and contempt are decidedly anta...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The ultimate foundation of honor is the conviction that moral character is unalterable: a single bad...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER If people insist that honor is dearer than life itself, what they really mean is that existence and ...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Just like those other black holes from outer space, Hollywood is postmodern to this extent: it has n...
ARTHUR KROKER If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the concl...
ARTHUR KOESTLER A man of genius can hardly be sociable, for what dialogues could indeed be so intelligent and entert...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man of talent will strive for money and reputation; but the spring that moves genius to the produc...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Genius is an intellect that has become unfaithful to its destiny.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Glamour, that trans-human aura or power to attract imitation, is a kind of vessel into which dreams ...
ARTHUR MILLER The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
ARTHUR KOESTLER