Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Horace Walpole
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I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused. -
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Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of imagination.
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- Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
- Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.