It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.


The Hill of Dreams (London: Martin Secker, [1907] 1923) p. 154

Arthur Machen Quotes

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.

It was better, he thought, to fail in attempting exquisite things than to succeed in the department of the utterly contemptible.