“Imagination travels faster than sight. Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.”

— Baltasar Gracián, book The Art of Worldly Wisdom

Adelántase más la imaginación que la vista, y el engaño, que entra de ordinario por el oído, viene a salir por los ojos.
Maxim 282 (p. 159)
The Art of Worldly Wisdom (1647)

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