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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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. – Samuel Johnson

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When any fit of gloominess, or perversion of mind, lays hold upon you, make it a rule not to publish it by complaints. – Samuel Johnson

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The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity… and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself. – William Blake

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I always know exactly where my stories take place, which gives me something certain so I can use my imagination for the other stuff. I worry though, who wants to keep reading stories about Kalamazoo? – Bonnie Jo Campbell

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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination. – Wislawa Szymborska

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Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein

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