There is no original truth, only original error.

Quote by Gaston Bachelard

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Man is an imagining being.

Man is an imagining being.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

The words of the world want to make sentences.

The words of the world want to make sentences.

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say:...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

So, like a forgotten fire, a childhood can always flare up again within us.

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well,...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which...

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect...

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image,...

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest....

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The reason that there are so few good books written is that so few people...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.