Samuel Johnson Quotes About Future

• The future is purchased by the present.

  Samuel Johnson

  Truth, Future

  Samuel Johnson, Elizabeth Carter, Samuel Richardson, Catherine Talbot (1809). “The Rambler”, p.94

• There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.

  Samuel Johnson

  Life, Peace, Future

• 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 by the forbearance of some immediate gratification.

  Samuel Johnson

  Future, May, Forbearance

  Samuel Johnson (1784). “The Rambler: In Four Volumes..”, p.99

• They who look but little into futurity, have, perhaps, the quickest sensation of the present.

  Samuel Johnson

  Future, Looks, Littles

  Samuel Johnson (1825). “The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.”, p.228

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