His imagination resembled the wings of an ostrich. It enabled him to run though not to soar.

Thomas Babington Macaulay
Some Similar Quotes
  1. I am certain of nothing but the holiness of the Heart's affections and the truth of the Imagination. - John Keats

  2. Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. - Oscar Wilde

  3. Whether divine or human, it is precisely the imagination that fashions and recognizes the universe as meaningful, abiding, and valuable, that is to say, as real. - William K. Mahony

  4. Shadows only come to life in our imaginations. Unfortunately for me, I've got a very vivid imagination. - Anthony T. Hincks

  5. Truth is a matter of the imagination. - Unknown

More Quotes By Thomas Babington Macaulay
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  2. Then none was for a party; Then all were for the state; Then the great man helped the poor, And the poor man loved the great; Then lands were fairly proportioned; Then spoils were fairly sold; The Romans were like brothers In the brave days...

  3. Thus spake brave Horatius, the captain of the gate. To all men upon this Earth, death cometh soon or late. And what better way to die, than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of ones' fathers, and the temples of ones' G/Ds? For the tender...

  4. Pour, varlet, pour the water The water steaming hot! A spoonful for each man of us Another for the pot!

  5. It seems that the creative faculty and the critical faculty cannot exist together in their highest perfection.

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