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This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by

This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts. – Adam Smith

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Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. – Adam Smith

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The imagination is the spur of delights… all depends upon it, it is the mainspring of everything now, is it not by means of the imagination one knows joy? Is it not of the imagination that the sharpest pleasures arise? – Marquis de Sade

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The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to whom the emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause and stand wrapped in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. – Albert Einstein

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Theres no great mystery to acting. Its a very simple thing to do but you have to work hard at it. Its about asking questions and using your imagination. – Eddie Marsan

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People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind. – William Butler Yeats

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