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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.
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?
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.
[Lat., Delphinum sylvis appingit, fluctibus aprum.]
Imagination continually frustrates tradition, that is its function. -John Pfeiffer.
Imagination continually frustrates tradition, that is its function. -John Pfeiffer.
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!
Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to
the conclusion that the gift of read more
When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come close to
the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than
my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but read more
Our imagination is stretched to the utmost, not, as in fiction, to imagine things which are not really there, but just to comprehend those things which 'are' there.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
