Imagination is the mightiest despot.

— Berthold Auerbach A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

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Source: On the Heights (Bunnett, trans.)
Work: A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose, 1889
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A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

"Imagination", no. 2681

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

Auf der Höhe · On the Heights (1865)

A Dictionary of Quotations in Prose (1889)

Auf der Höhe · On the Heights (1865)

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