No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
Quote by Samuel Johnson
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No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
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Samuel Johnson Quotes
- Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.
- You raise your voice when you should reinforce your argument.
- A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.
- If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
- We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.
- The true, strong, and sound mind is the mind that can embrace equally great things and small.
- Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
- The Irish are a fair people - they never speak well of one another.
- If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
- No mind is much employed upon the present recollection and anticipation fill up almost all our moments.
Best Quotes
- Sometimes I make very selfish choices like I did 'Once Upon A Time' for my inner 8-year-old and my hypothetical future child. I've done some movies because I would regret them if I didn't, but other projects I've done because they've scared me or if I felt I needed to do a big romantic comedy to help me professionally.
- In an ecology of love, people can relate in trust and face the future without fear. They do not need to play it safe. They can take uncertainty in their stride.
- Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.
- Even in the common affairs of life, in love, friendship, and marriage, how little security have we when we trust our happiness in the hands of others!
- Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet.
- Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point.
- At this age, I should be leading a quiet life.
- You have not found your place until all your faculties are roused, and your whole nature consents and approves of the work you are doing.
- Man cannot be uplifted he must be seduced into virtue.
- I think all women go through periods where we hate this about ourselves, we don't like that. It's great to get to a place where you dismiss anything you're worried about. I find flaws attractive. I find scars attractive.