You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable read more
Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed.
And castels buylt above in lofty skies,
Which never yet had good foundation.
And castels buylt above in lofty skies,
Which never yet had good foundation.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future
Our imagination is the only limit to what we can hope to have in the future
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
Fiction reveals truths that reality obscures.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea.
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
I can believe anything provided it is incredible.
Seem'd washing his hand with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.
Seem'd washing his hand with invisible soap
In imperceptible water.
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?
