# Quote — Michael Moorcock, The Dragon in the Sword

> Your imagination is notoriously poor. Not everyone holds identical ambitions to your own!

- Author: [Michael Moorcock](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock.md)
- Book: [The Dragon in the Sword](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword.md)
- Page: 560
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Michael_Moorcock#The_Dragon_in_the_Sword_(1986)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/your-imagination-is-notoriously

## More from this book

> Indeed, to be a hero, forever at war, is to be in some ways always a child. The true challenge comes in making sense of one’s life, of imbuing it with purpose based on one’s own principles.

p. 687 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/indeed-to-be-a-hero.md)

> “For years my lady made her plans. And when the time came to put them into action, how wonderfully she was able to achieve her ambitions.”
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> “Only because few rational people can ever begin to understand such a lust for power,” said von Bek feelingly. “There is nothing more puerile than the mind of a tyrant.”

p. 629 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/for-years-my-lady.md)

> Knowledge ceases to be wisdom when one has no method for making sense or use of what one learns.

p. 591 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/michael-moorcock/the-dragon-in-the-sword/knowledge-ceases-to-be-wisdom.md)