Quote by Samuel Johnson
Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a c

Were it not for imagination a man would be as happy in arms of a chambermaid as of a duchess. – Samuel Johnson

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Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. – Samuel Johnson

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Its proper use is to amuse the idle, and relax the studious, and dilute the full meals of those who cannot use exercise, and will not use abstinence. – Samuel Johnson

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[W]ith an unquiet mind, neither exercise, nor diet, nor physick can be of much use. – Samuel Johnson

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Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. – Evelyn Underhill

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

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Lyrically I like to use themes that make the listener use his or her imagination, and to give a little of the lessons Ive learned in my own life. – Ronnie James Dio

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The imagination is the golden pathway to everywhere. – Terence McKenna

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