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Quote by Samuel Johnson
The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and i

The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. – Samuel Johnson

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage. – Samuel Johnson

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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A certificate of live birth is not the same thing by any stretch of the imagination as a birth certificate. – Donald Trump

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You may be sure that the Americans will commit all the stupidities they can think of, plus some that are beyond imagination. – Charles de Gaulle

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To them though, not to us, we were just a catalyst for their imagination. – Donald Sutherland

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Sometimes imagination pounces; mostly it sleeps soundly in the corner, purring. – Terri Guillemets

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