"Imagination is like a lofty building reared to……" — Gelett Burgess
"Imagination is like a lofty building reared to meet the sky; whereas fancy is a balloon that soars at the wind's will."
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Gelett Burgess
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28 Quotes by Gelett Burgess
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To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
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It is in the blood of genius to love play for its own sake, and whether one uses one's skill…
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There is indeed no such thing in life as absolute darkness; one's eyes revolt and hasten to fill the vacuum…
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Verily, men do foolish things thoughtlessly, knowing not why; but no woman doeth aught without a reason.
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Love is only chatter, friends are all that matter.
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When the waitress puts the dinner on the table, the old men look at the dinner. The young men look…
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A woman and a mouse, they carry a tale wherever they go.
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Thinking a smile all the time will keep your face youthful.
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Her heart is older than her head; yea, her emotion is the mother of her reason
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Most women have all other women as adversaries; most men have all other men as their allies.
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The old say, "I remember when." The young say, "What's the news?"
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Repeat not the manner of a flirtation; for lo, all the world shall hear of it, and women will taunt…
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