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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Gratitude
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God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much to be wished for the credit of their religion as well as the satisfaction of their conscience that their Easter devotions would in some measure come up to their Easter dress. – Robert South

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Religion
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Imagination
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Its definitely true that there are a lot of the devices we used on Star Trek, that came out the imagination of the writers, and the creators that are actually in the world today. – LeVar Burton

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Imagination

Imagination creates reality. – Richard Wagner

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Imagination

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant. – Ursula K. Le Guin, The Language of the Night

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Imagination

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. – Charlie Chaplin

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Imagination

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The beauty of independence, departure, actions that rely on themselves. – Walt Whitman

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No amount of time can erase the memory of a good cat, and no amount of masking tape can ever totally remove his fur from your couch. – Leo Dworken

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