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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.
These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.
These are the gloomy comparisons of a disturbed imagination; the
melancholy madness of poetry, without the inspiration.
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.
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
The imagination exercises a powerful influence over every act of sense, thought, reason, over every idea.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
It's a poor sort of memory that only works backwards.
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.]
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for
absorbing positive knowledge.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
The debt we owe to the play of imagination is incalculable.
