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Marquis de Sade

Truth titillates the imagination far less than fiction.

Imagination

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The author is saying that real facts or reality are less exciting or stimulating to our creative thinking than made-up stories. Fiction captures and arouses our imagination more strongly because it can go beyond what is true or possible.

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