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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 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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The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses, but proclaims, his debts. – 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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Vulgarity begins when imagination succumbs to the explicit. – Doris Day

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I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject – skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to fiction. It was from my imagination that the characters in my story would emerge. – Amy Waldman

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I do as much comedy as I possibly can, but Im basically limited by the imagination of the secretaries who make the decisions. – Rufus Sewell

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I mean, its fine when youre a kid and someone runs into the playground and goes, Ive got this great game of pretend, and you play… As an actor, getting to play, getting to use your imagination and be childish – it is weird but its wonderful. – Max Irons

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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space. – Joyce Carol Oates

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