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“Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.”
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Mar 17 2002
02:50 pm
“Imitations produce pain or pleasure, not because they are mistaken for realities, but because they bring realities to mind.”
—Samuel Johnson (noted 18th century lexiographer, poet, and Christian moralist} from Preface to Shakespeare)