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Lord Chesterfield

To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.

Imagination

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Relying often on storytelling shows a lack of creative thinking or original ideas. It suggests that instead of inventing new concepts, one depends too much on recounting past events or familiar tales.

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