Quote by George Santayana
The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in t

The degree in which a poets imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity. – George Santayana

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Let a man once overcome his selfish terror at his own infinitude, and his infinitude is, in one sense, overcome. – George Santayana

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Inferiority
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Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment. – George Santayana

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Happiness
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Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions. – George Santayana

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Imagination
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Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. – George Bernard Shaw

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Imagination

I tried to stir the imagination and enthusiasms of students to take risks, to do what they were most afraid of doing, to widen their horizons of action. – James Broughton

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Imagination

Ive got research, I have my own life experience I can apply, and I have my imagination. – Chris Cooper

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Imagination

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love. – Gilbert Parker

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Imagination

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