Quote by Washington Irving
He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the sense

He is the true enchanter, whose spell operates, not upon the senses, but upon the imagination and the heart. – Washington Irving

Other quotes by Washington Irving

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. – Washington Irving

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Age
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Who ever hears of fat men heading a riot, or herding together in turbulent mobs? No – no, your lean, hungry men who are continually worrying society, and setting the whole community by the ears. – Washington Irving

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The tie which links mother and child is of such pure and immaculate strength as to be never violated. – Washington Irving

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Imagination
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We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. – Anne Sullivan Macy

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Someone once said that history has more imagination than all the scenario writers in the Pentagon, and we have a lot of scenario writers here. No one ever wrote a scenario for commercial airliners crashing into the World Trade Center. – Paul Wolfowitz

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Imagination

I grew up in the 80s where theres a lot of these kind of post-apocalyptic, post-comet, post-whatever it was, so that always captured my imagination a lot as a little kid, that idea of getting access to secret places and being able to roam around where youre not supposed to. – Gillian Flynn

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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. – Aesop

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In war, truth is the first casualty. – Aeschylus (Thanks, Dan)

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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard

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Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. – Plautus

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If you saw Queen Elizabeth it would be amazing, she came from another planet. She was so attractive in what she was wearing. – Vivienne Westwood

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