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
Related It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER Not an evening dress, but a dress you can wear with boots and also dress up at night. KATRINA SZISH By the side of the everlasting Why there is a Yes--a transitory Yes if you like, but a Yes. E.M. FORSTER He had a massive stroke. He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equiva... STEPHEN KING I believe that there is a Matrix and... to be more accurate I am in the Pornography Matrix. DEYTH BANGER A red tie is contrary to the dignity of the tie and of male dress in general. JOSEPH ABBOUD To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to hav... THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY I always looked up to my grandfather. He wore Italian zip-up CAT boots, and he had a moustache which... BRANDON BOYD Commemoration of John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 In his experie... OS GUINNESS What makes people hard-hearted is this, that each man has, or fancies he has, as much as he can bear... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER He who stands with his face to the East in the morning will have the sun before him. If he does not ... DANIEL DE LEON It has to be displayed, this face, on a more or less horizontal plane. Imagine a man wearing a mask,... JAMES FENTON A man does not have to feel less than human to realize his sin; oppositely, he has to realize that h... CRISS JAMI Before a man speaks, it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks it is seldom nec... H. L. MENCKEN Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom nec... H. L. MENCKEN And if he be not able to bring a lamb, then he shall bring for his trespass, which he hath committed... BIBLE How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful. EVANS G. VALENS A man is nothing without dreams. A man is called idiot while he dreams. Whatever he does, he'll be j... ASPER BLURRY If a man sees a woman with red lipstick, he admires her, but often he won't feel like kissing he... MONICA BELLUCCI He has staked his pride on the issue, and he will want to handle that in a manner in which he thinks... ELDRED MASUNUNGURE I wanted to - any chance I had to dress up as a boy, like Halloween, I would be a pirate or a ghost ... JANE LYNCH Let no man think to kill sin with few, easy, or gentle strokes. He who hath once smitten a serpent, ... JOHN OWEN Stairs to climb are difficult it takes time and effort and going down is easies job... what do I mea... DEYTH BANGER He died with his tie on. Do you think that could be our generation's equivalent of that old saying a... STEPHEN KING And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying, / If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and ... BIBLE If the slavery in which we hold the blacks is wrong, it is a very great and public sin, and, therefo... SAMUEL HOPKINS If one advances confidently in the directions of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he... HENRY DAVID THOREAU If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he ... HENRY DAVID THOREAU If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which h... HENRY DAVID THOREAU He gave Oprah a kiss, but he wore my shirt and tie. REGIS PHILBIN I like the word 'fuck'. The word means what it means, but it also means whatever you need it to mean... LISA GLATT ... all his faces were designed to express rage or loathing. Now that something had happened which r... KINGSLEY AMIS Somebody said that it couldn't be done, But he with a chuckle replied That maybe it couldn't,... EDGAR A. GUEST If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that... HORATIO NELSON A man is a man in every part of the world. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with the cul... ALICIA MACHADO Breaking free from extremely limited capacities of the present-day physical body and having gotten r... AUGUSTINAS RAKAUSKAS When a man cannot choose, he ceases to be a man. STANLEY KUBRICK Is this the destiny of man? Is he only happy before he has acquired his reason or after he has lost ... JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit with dignity all the days of... JAMES A. MICHENER If a man happens to find himself, he has a mansion which he can inhabit
with dignity all the days of... JAMES A. MICHENER When he entered the anteroom, two women looked up at him. One was Miss Robertson, the governor's sec... GEORGE P. ELLIOTT Feast of Simon & Jude, Apostles The heart of man is revealed in temptation. Man knows his sin, wh... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Curran's whore comes to visit us," Jarek said in accented English. The three men laughed ... ILONA ANDREWS He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the ... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which... SAMUEL BUTLER In Merlin, Arthur has a very loyal friend who keeps him on his toes. Arthur enjoys those challenges,... BRADLEY JAMES When a man dies he clutches in his hands only that which he has given away during his lifetime JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU And if a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be to be put to death, and thou hang him o... BIBLE I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it wh... VICTOR GARBER When a man gets to despair he knows that all his thinking will never get him out. He will only get o... OSWALD CHAMBERS When a person places the proper value on freedom, there is nothing under the sun that he will not do... MALCOLM X ...He was a greater craftsman even than Isaac, and he knew it, and so, presently, did Isaac. ELIZABETH GOUDGE If a man says he is Christian, yet he has no problems knocking you up, having premarital sex or livi... SHANNON L. ALDER Each man lives for himself, uses his freedom to achieve his personal goals, and feels with his whole... LEO TOLSTOY It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape ... THEODORE ROOSEVELT If we all took a minute to reflect upon the wrong we do we would be quite surprised or shocked.Inste... GARY F EVANS... The Bible was the only book he read. He didn't read it often but when he did he wore his mother's gl... FLANNERY O'CONNOR I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his... HENRY DAVID THOREAU I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his... HENRY DAVID THOREAU He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN He that blows the coals in quarrels he has nothing to do with has no right to complain if the sparks... BENJAMIN FRANKLIN There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a wa... MARCEL PROUST There is no man, however wise, who has not at some period of his youth said things, or lived in a w... MARCEL PROUST Commemoration of Anne & Joachim, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary We cannot divide either man ... JAMES DENNEY The Doktor was an old man. When he was a kid, his Dad bought him a chemistry set. He never played wi... CHRISTINA ENGELA Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when ... HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that h... WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE But I wonder where we will land if trial Judges begin deciding that the fact that a man has committe... HENRY LOUIS MENCKEN A slave is a free man if he is content with his lot; a free man is a slave if he seeks more than tha... SOURCE UNKNOWN Whatever man may stand, whatever he may do, to whatever he may apply his hand - in agriculture, in c... ABRAHAM KUYPER If you're a follower of Jesus, He has given you abundance so that you can care for others, not so yo... CRAIG GROESCHEL If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face ... CONFUCIUS The essence of man is his freedom. Sin is committed in that freedom. Sin can therefore not be attrib... REINHOLD NIEBUHR Arthur has always inspired us with his dedication to work and his loyalty to the agency. Arthur -- t... DANA COFFEY Recently, a professor at Penn State told my son Joshua's class that during a trip to Africa, he had ... JACK CUOZZO If a man is to lose his fortune, it is a good thing if he were poor before he acquired it, for pover... GERALDINE BROOKS Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He ha... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY He is an urban resident, he had no contact with farms or any poultry from the villages. His only exp... YORK CHOW If a man has character, he has also his typical experience, which always recurs. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dr... LIN YUTANG No man can tell whether he is rich or poor by turning to his ledger. It is the heart that makes a ma... HENRY WARD BEECHER His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha... TEKOA MANNING The measure of a man is what he does with power. PLATO The statue was of a young man with a tall, gaunt body and an angular face. He held his head as if he... AYN RAND John is super committed to his plan. Everybody has a plan. But the key to John is that he sticks to ... DAN HENNING If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer.... HENRY DAVID THOREAU If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer... HENRY DAVID THOREAU We know that a man can read Goethe or Rilke in the evening, that he can play Bach and Schubert, and ... GEORGE STEINER A few years ago, I bought an old red bicycle with the words Free Spirit written across its side - wh... DREW BARRYMORE When I die, I want to be buried in a long long-sleeve black Ralph Lauren dress and brown chunky boot... NADINE VELAZQUEZ The press never accepts at face value that the President is taking a certain action because he wants... DEE DEE MYERS Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, ... ERNEST HEMINGWAY It is not the truth that a man possesses, or believes that he possesses, but the earnest effort whic... GOTTHOLD LESSING To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with ... MOKOKOMA MOKHONOANA What song the Sirens sang, or what name Achilles assumed when he hid himself among women, though puz... THOMAS BROWNE SR. Jesus Christ could die instead of man because He was sinless. As a man without sin, He was not under... HENRY HON A man writes to throw off the poison which he has accumulated because of his false way of life. He i... HENRY MILLER would seem as though language is the only predestination of man, and that he is created to bring it ... ALPHONSE DE LAMARTINE If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the ... CONFUCIUS My vision is the ability to design clothes for a man who wants to create his own style and doesn'... JOHN VARVATOS
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ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Conscience has nothing to do as lawgiver or judge; but is a witness against me if I do wrong, and wh... ARTHUR PHELPS A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Because people have no thoughts to deal in, they deal cards, and try and win one another's money. Id... ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER I love her too, but our neuroses just don't match. ARTHUR MILLER The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't get out and those outside don't want ... ARTHUR BRISBANE The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER The longer a man's fame is likely to last, the longer it will be in coming. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER He's not the finest character that ever lived. But he's a human being, and a terrible thing is happe... ARTHUR MILLER It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are. 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