We all know here that the law is the most powerful of schools for the imagination. No poet ever interpreted nature as freely as a lawyer interprets the truth.
Source: Tiger at the Gates, 1935.
-- Jean Giraudoux, (Oct 29 1882-1944), French dramatist, novelist, diplomat; He created an impressionistic drama emphasizing dialogue and style over realism, e.g., Madwoman of Chaillot, 1945.