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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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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I definitely gravitate towards quality genre projects and genre of any kind whether its science fiction, horror or really anything. Im just drawn to quality. I dont think Darkness Falls is horror there isnt any gore by any stretch of the imagination. – Emma Caulfield

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If they want to talk about aliens and anything like that… thats part of the gift God gave us. Thats what makes life exciting. Were pretty stuck, you know. What gives flight to our life is our imagination. – Michael Moriarty

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Grant that the true organ with which the beautiful is apprehended is the imagination, and it follows that all arts are likely to affect the feelings indirectly. – Eduard Hanslick

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Your imagination, my dear fellow, is worth more than you imagine. – Louis Aragon

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