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title: "14 Anticipation Quotes By Samuel Johnson"
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> [None are happy but by anticipation of change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/none-are-happy-but-by-anticipation-of-change/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Hope is itself a species of happiness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/hope-is-itself-a-species-of-happiness/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Hope is necessary in every condition.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/hope-is-necessary-in-every-condition/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/no-mind-is-much-employed-upon-the-present-recollection-and/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [We go from anticipation to anticipation, not from satisfaction to satisfaction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/we-go-from-anticipation-to-anticipation-not-from-satisfaction-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The world is not yet exhausted: let me see something tomorrow which I never saw before.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-world-is-not-yet-exhausted-let-me-see-something-tomorrow-which-i/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; whenwe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-state-of-life-that-none-are-happy-but-by-the-anticipation-3/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-state-of-life-that-none-are-happy-but-by-the-anticipation-2/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-present-time-is-seldom-able-to-fill-desire-or-imagination-with/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [In proportion as our cares are employed upon the future, they are abstracted from the present, from the only time which we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/in-proportion-as-our-cares-are-employed-upon-the-future-they-are/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Such is the uncertainty of human affairs, that security and despair are equal follies; and as it is presumption and arrogance to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-uncertainty-of-human-affairs-that-security-and-despair/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/whatever-advantage-we-snatch-beyond-a-certain-portion-allotted-us-by/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/such-is-the-state-of-life-that-none-are-happy-but-by-the-anticipation/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/there-is-little-peace-or-comfort-in-life-if-we-are-always-anxious-as/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Anticipation

## More by Samuel Johnson

> [The size of a man's understanding might always be justly measured by his mirth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-size-of-a-man-s-understanding-might-always-be-justly-measured-by/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Pound St. Paul's Church into atoms, and consider any single atom; it is to be sure, good for nothing; but put all these atoms…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/pound-st-paul-s-church-into-atoms-and-consider-any-single-atom-it-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [You can never be wise unless you love reading.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/you-can-never-be-wise-unless-you-love-reading/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [If our aim is to praise, we should forget to criticize; if our aim is to criticize, we should remember to praise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/if-our-aim-is-to-praise-we-should-forget-to-criticize-if-our-aim-is/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [All theory is against free will; all experience is for it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/all-theory-is-against-free-will-all-experience-is-for-it/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Had I learned to fiddle, I should have done nothing else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/had-i-learned-to-fiddle-i-should-have-done-nothing-else/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [It is as foolish to make experiments upon the constancy of a friend, as upon the chastity of a wife.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/it-is-as-foolish-to-make-experiments-upon-the-constancy-of-a-friend/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/resolve-not-to-be-poor-whatever-you-have-spend-less-poverty-is-a/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The basis of all excellence is truth: he that professes love ought to feel its power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-basis-of-all-excellence-is-truth-he-that-professes-love-ought-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Words are daughters of earth but ideas are sons of heaven.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/words-are-daughters-of-earth-but-ideas-are-sons-of-heaven/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The composition of Shakespeare is a forest, in which oaks extend in the air, interspersed sometimes with weeds and brambles, and sometimes giving shelting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-composition-of-shakespeare-is-a-forest-in-which-oaks-extend-in/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [“The cherubim were never intended as an object of worship, because they were only the appendices to another thing. But a thing is then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-cherubim-were-never-intended-as-an-object-of-worship-because-they/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [Nobody has the right to put another under such a difficulty that he must either hurt the person by telling the truth or hurt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/nobody-has-the-right-to-put-another-under-such-a-difficulty-that-he/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own self-esteem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/that-kind-of-life-is-most-happy-which-affords-us-most-opportunities/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

> [The time will come to every human being when it must be known how well he can bear to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/the-time-will-come-to-every-human-being-when-it-must-be-known-how/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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