My tender illusions and emotions became realties-things to live by and for.
"The Martian"
George Du Maurier
That, as much as practice is better than theory, and solid realties than empty speculation, so much is it to be preferred for general use before those higher principles of morals, which however just and excellent in themselves, you would in vain attempt to bring home to the 'business and bosoms of mankind' at large.
"A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity."
William Wilberforce