Quote by Robert South
It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract and therefore this must be as far above the other as judgment is a greater and nobler faculty than fancy or imagination. – Robert South

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The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts. – Robert South

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The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words. – Robert South

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I had a good imagination and I still have one a child-like imagination that hasnt gone away. – Laura Linney

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The public has an appetite for anything about imagination – anything that is as far away from reality as is creatively possible. – Steven Spielberg

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I love our shared island, our shared Ireland and its core decency. I love it for its imagination and its celebration of the endless possibilities for our people. – Michael D. Higgins

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I love the paranormal, because there, every genre I write can become one beacon for my imagination. – Leslie Banks

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