But primitive man had enemies real as well as imaginary, and they were not subject to priestly sorceries.

There are enough real enemies and threats in the world without having to invent imaginary ones.

While the struggle for religious liberty had proceeded without large-scale bloodshed in New England and elsewhere in the United States, the struggle for political liberty had not fared so well.

Imaginary obstacles are insurmountable. Real ones aren't.

She preferred imaginary heroes to real ones, because when tired of them, the former could be shut up in the tin kitchen till called for, and the latter were less manageable.

I've seen many troubles in my time, only half of which ever came true.