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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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Knowledge is not eating, and we cannot expect to devour and possess what we mean. Knowledge is recognition of something absent it is a salutation, not an embrace. – George Santayana

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Knowledge
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It is possible to be a master in false philosophy, easier, in fact, than to be a master in the truth, because a false philosophy can be made as simple and consistent as one pleases. – George Santayana

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Truth
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The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate they are green and vigorous in old age. – George Santayana

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Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination. – e. e. cummings

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Trapped by reality, freed by imagination. – Nicolas Manetta

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Men often take their imagination for their heart and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. – Blaise Pascal

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Imagination

Imagination is the eye of the soul. – Joseph Joubert

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Imagination

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