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Thomas Bailey Aldrich Quotes

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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Poet Quotes
Category:
American Poet Quotes
Date of Birth:
November 11, 1836
Date of Death:
March 19, 1907
Nationality:
American
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