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 anticipation.

Quote by Samuel Johnson

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When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

When making your choice in life, do not neglect to live

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Treating your adversary with respect is striking soft in battle.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.

Language is the dress of thought.

Language is the dress of thought.

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

If pleasure was not followed by pain, who would forbear it?

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his...

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel.

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

The law is the last result of human wisdom acting upon human experience for the...

Exercise is labor without weariness.

Exercise is labor without weariness.

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket;...

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

No man is a hypocrite in his pleasures.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

To cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

He who does not mind his belly, will hardly mind anything else.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Example is always more efficacious than precept.

Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary;...

Every error in human conduct must arise from ignorance in ourselves, either perpetual or temporary;...

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

The mind is seldom quickened to very vigorous operations but by pain, or the dread...

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is...

Morale is the state of mind. It is steadfastness and courage and hope. It is...

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind

Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind