"Such is the power of imagination, that even a chimerical pleasure in expectation affects us more than a solid pleasure in possession."

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Source : Henry Home (lord Kames.) (1818). “Introduction to the art of thinking, to which is prefixed an original life of the author”, p.62

Henry Home, Lord Kames

#Imagination Quotes #Expectations Quotes #Pleasure Quotes

“I'm just a small guy so if I'd dropped any more weight it would have been a bit ridiculous.”
“If you don't have solid beliefs, you cannot build a stable life. Beliefs are like the foundation of a building, and they are the foundation to build your life upon.”
“Regardless of how you interpret the facts, you have to come to the conclusion that inequality is widening in the US and in almost every other country.”
“I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!”
“Drinking a cup of green tea, I stopped the war.”
“Every moral has a story, every story has and end. Every battle has its glory, and its consequence.”
“Perfection is immutable. But for things imperfect change is the way to perfect them. It gets the name of wilfulness when it will not admit of a lawful change to the better. Therefore constancy without knowledge cannot be always good. In things ill it is not virtue, but an absolute vice.”
“To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.”

Source : "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2014.

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