# Quote — Thomas Mann, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man

> What a glorious gift is imagination, and what satisfaction it affords!

- Author: [Thomas Mann](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-mann.md)
- Book: [Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man](https://www.leafyquotes.com/thomas-mann/confessions-of-felix-krull-confidence-man.md)
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> O scenes of the beautiful world! Never have you presented yourself to more appreciative eyes.

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> The intellect longs for the delights of the non-intellect, that which is alive and beautiful dans sa stupidité.

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> What a wonderful phenomenon it is, carefully considered, when the human eye, that jewel of organic structures, concentrates its moist brilliance on another human creature!

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