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You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
"You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."— Mark Twain
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Meaning of this quote
Imagination can distort what a person thinks they see, especially under uncertainty. In the novel, the remark arises while the narrator tries to interpret a distant armed group.
Key takeaway:
Check an impression when expectation may be shaping what you see.
Origin of the quote
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889), Chapter 43.
Who actually said this?
VerifiedQuote Investigator verifies the sentence in the novel and distinguishes it from Twain's separate wording about judgment. The speaker is the fictional narrator.
