There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
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The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts.- Illusion on a ground of truth, that is the secret of the fine arts.
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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
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Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
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