“A man must dream a long time in order to act with grandeur, and dreaming is nursed in darkness.”
“Riches have wings, and grandeur is a dream.”
Source: The Task (1785), Book III, The Garden, Line 265.
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(1731–1800) English poet and hymnodist 1731–1800Related quotes
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“Fly without wings; dream with open eyes.”
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From the poems written in English
“Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.”
"Dreams," from the anthology Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Readers, ed. Arna Bontemps (1941)
“So rapid is the flight of dreams upon the wings of imagination.”
“Rich men have dreams. Poor men die to make them come true.”
Source: Water Sleeps (1999), Chapter 87 (p. 314)
“To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.”
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