4 Quotes by Samuel Johnson about past
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Sorrow is properly that state of the mind in which our desires are fixed upon the past without looking forward to the future.
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Life, to be worthy of a rational being, must be always in progression; we must always purpose to do more or better than in time past.
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For sorrow there is no remedy provided by nature; it is often occasioned by accidents irreparable, and dwells upon objects that have lost or changed their existence; it requires what it cannot hope, that the laws of the universe should be repealed; that the dead should return, or the past should be recalled.
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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 by recollection or anticipation.
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