Quote by Samuel Johnson
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The world is seldom what it seems to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor. – Samuel Johnson

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Prudence
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Go into the street, and give one man a lecture on morality, and another a shilling, and see which will respect you most. – Samuel Johnson

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Evangelism
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A lot of people put pressure on themselves and think it will be way too hard for them to live out their dreams. Mentors are there to say, Look, its not that tough. Its not as hard as you think. Here are some guidelines and things I have gone through to get to where I am in my career. – Joe Jonas

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Dreams

My dream life is just to go back to my job full-time. And be with my family. You know, regular dreams, common dreams that everyone has. – Carla Bruni

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Dreams

All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them – much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are. – Alice Hoffman

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Dreams

Dreaming of a tomorrow, which tomorrow, will be as distant then as tis today. – Lope de Vega

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Dreams

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Nothing is more fairly distributed than common sense: no one thinks he needs more of it than he already has. – Rene Descartes

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I would like to have you quote me, Erich von Stroheim, as having said on this day of this month of this year this one thing: you Americans are living on baby food. – Erich von Stroheim

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There is Jackson with his Virginians, standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here, and we will conquer. – Bernard Elliot Bee

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Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood. – Mahatma Gandhi

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