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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination read more
My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the read more
A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral.
When I could not sleep for cold
I had fire enough in my brain,
And builded with read more
When I could not sleep for cold
I had fire enough in my brain,
And builded with roofs of gold
My beautiful castles in Spain!
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him read more
Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition read more
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
[Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et
n'a pas de pieds.]
The human race is governed by its imagination.
[Fr., C'est l'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain.]
The human race is governed by its imagination.
[Fr., C'est l'imagination qui gouverne le genre humain.]
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.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'
You see things; and you say, 'Why?' But I dream things that never were; and I say, 'Why not?'