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quotes by topic Present

" It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory. "

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Past , Present , Memory

" It is by no means an irrational fancy that, in a future existence, we shall look upon what we think our present existence, as a dream. "

Edgar Allan Poe

Dream , Future , Existence , Fancy , Present

" We are willing enough to praise freedom when she is safely tucked away in the past and cannot be a nuisance. In the present, amidst dangers whose outcome we cannot foresee, we get nervous about her, and admit censorship. "

Praise , Censorship , Past , Present , Freedom

" A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world. "

Ibrahim Babangida

World , Society , Past , Present

" With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing witness to the birth of a new body of ideas, to the coming into being of another testimony of history. "

Ibrahim Babangida

History , Ideas , March , Body , Present

" To be sensual, I think, is to respect and rejoice in the force of life, of life itself, and to be present in all that one does, from the effort of loving to the making of bread. "

James A. Baldwin

Respect , Present , Force , Effort

" Death is not an event in life: we do not live to experience death. If we take eternity to mean not infinite temporal duration but timelessness, then eternal life belongs to those who live in the present "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Death , Experience , Present , Eternity , Infinite

" An inner process stands in need of outward criteria "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Death , Experience , Present , Eternity , Infinite

" A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future. "

Oliver Goldsmith

Future , Past , Present , Regret , Calamity

" Gossip is what you say about the objects of flattery when they aren't present. "

Flattery , Gossip , Present

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