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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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"The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are."
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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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Samuel Johnson was a Author from Kingdom of Great Britain (1709–1784).

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This quote is attributed to Samuel Johnson, a Author from Kingdom of Great Britain.
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Samuel Johnson lived from 1709 – 1784.
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