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Present Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- No mind is much employed upon the present; recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
- Man is a transitory being, and his designs must partake of the imperfections of their author. To confer duration is not always in our power.…
- That man is never happy for the present is so true, that all his relief from unhappiness is only forgetting himself for a little while.…
- Very few live by choice. Every man is placed in his present condition by causes which acted without his foresight, and with which he did…
- The desire of advising has a very extensive prevalence; and, since advice cannot be given but to those that will hear it, a patient listener…
- There are indeed, in the present corruption of mankind, many incitements to forsake truth: the need of palliating our own faults and the convenience of…
- The mental disease of the present generation is impatience of study, contempt of the great masters of ancient wisdom, and a disposition to rely wholly…
- Ye who listen with credulity to the whispers of fancy, and pursue with eagerness the phantoms of hope; who expect that age will perform the…
- The present time is seldom able to fill desire or imagination with immediate enjoyment, and we are forced to supply its deficiencies by recollection or…
- Among those whose reputation is exhausted in a short time by its own luxuriance are the writers who take advantage of present incidents or characters…
- It would add much to human happiness, if an art could be taught of forgetting all of which the remembrance is at once useless and…
- He that hopes to look back hereafter with satisfaction upon past years must learn to know the present value of single minutes, and endeavour to…
- Sir, sorrow is inherent in humanity. As you cannot judge two and two to be either five, or three, but certainly four, so, when comparing…
- Do not discourage your children from hoarding, if they have a taste to it; whoever lays up his penny rather than part with it for…
- Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present.
- Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. The acknowledgment of those virtues on which conscience congratulates us is a tribute that…
- It may be observed in general that the future is purchased by the present. It is not possible to secure distant or permanent happiness but…
- Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in…
- Present opportunities are neglected, and attainable good is slighted, by minds busied in extensive ranges and intent upon future advantages.
- The mind is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it, but is always breaking away from the present moment, and losing itself in schemes…
- The future is purchased by the present.
- Learn that the present hour alone is man's.
- The man whose genius qualifies him for great undertakings must at least be content to learn from books the present state of human knowledge; that…
- Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary; and happen either because we do not know what is…
More Present Quotes
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Every one knows, that the mind will not be kept from contemplating what it loves in the midst of crowds and business.… — Mary Astell
- I'm a strict, strict agnostic. It's very different from a casual, 'I don't know.' It's that you cannot present as knowledge something… — Margaret Atwood
- Confine yourself to the present. — Marcus Aurelius
- Never let the future disturb you. You will meet it, if you have to, with the same weapons of reason which today… — Marcus Aurelius
- The further we distance ourselves from the spell of the present, explored by our senses, the harder it will be to understand… — Diane Ackerman
- What matters is to live in the present, live now, for every moment is now. It is your thoughts and acts of… — Sai Baba
- A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught… — Ibrahim Babangida
- An American of the present day reading his Sunday newspaper in a state of lazy collapse is one of the most perfect… — Irving Babbitt
- Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present. — Roger Babson
- Having experienced personally and through my family the tragedy of Chile is something always present in my memory. I do not want… — Michelle Bachelet
- In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. — Francis Bacon