Quote#Desire
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every…
Quote byThomas Bailey Aldrich · 1836–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ponkapog Papers (1903), "Leaves from a Note Book", p. 18.
English (original)
I like to have a thing suggested rather than told in full. When every detail is given, the mind rests satisfied, and the imagination loses the desire to use its own wings.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
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