The right honorable gentlemen is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A speaker relies on memory for jokes and imagination for facts.
- In plain terms
- Jokes come from memory but facts from imagination.
- What can you take from it?
- Fact check stories before telling them.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you verify facts?
- When do you exaggerate?
Another view
Good speakers can recall facts accurately without imagination.
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