“It is impossible to live in the past, difficult to live in the present and a waste to live in the future.”
Variant: It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
Source: Dune
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“Avoid the past, live the present, anticipate the future.”
Original: (it) Evita il passato, vivi il presente, anticipa il futuro.
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Original: (it) Fa che ogni tuo istante sia sempre migliore di quello passato, si vive di presente per il futuro, si vive d'amore, musica, felicità e soprattutto coraggio nei momenti difficili.
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“If you are living in the past or in the future, you will never find a meaning in the present.”
Examples of self-translation (c. 2004), Quotes - Zitate - Citations - Citazioni
“I'm living in the future so the present is my past.
My presence is a present, kiss my ass.”
Monster
Lyrics, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy (2010)
On Eagle's Wings, 1977, p. 159
As of a Trumpet, On Eagle's Wings
“Life's for living, not for mourning … Live in the present, not the past.”
The Wheel of Fortune (1984), Part 6: Hal
Saphira
Source: Eldest (2005)
“I always live in the present. The future I can't know. The past I no longer have.”
Ibid., p. 118
The Book of Disquiet
Original: Vivo sempre no presente. O futuro, não o conheço. O passado, já o não tenho.