Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:This wasn't just plain terrible, this was fancy terrible. This was terrible with raisins in it.[Dorothy Parker] Quote:The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. There is therefore, something in true beauty that corresponds with right reason, and is not the mere creation of fancy.[Fulke Greville] Quote:The statesman who would attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himeslf with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safetly be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.[Adam Smith] Quote:The statesman who would attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himeslf with a most unnecessary attention, but assume an authority which could safely be trusted to no council and senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.[Adam Smith] Quote:One cannot fix one's eyes on the commonest natural production without finding food for a rambling fancy. [Jane Austen] Definitions of: fancyDefinition: The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination.Definition: An image or representation of anything formed in the mind; conception; thought; idea; conceit. Definition: An opinion or notion formed without much reflection; caprice; whim; impression. Definition: Inclination; liking, formed by caprice rather than reason; as, to strike one's fancy; hence, the object of inclination or liking. Definition: That which pleases or entertains the taste or caprice without much use or value. Definition: A sort of love song or light impromptu ballad. Definition: To form a conception of; to portray in the mind; to imagine. Definition: To have a fancy for; to like; to be pleased with, particularly on account of external appearance or manners. Definition: To believe without sufficient evidence; to imagine (something which is unreal). |
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