Original: Per un buon futuro, è essenziale vivere il presente uccidendo il male del passato.
Source: prevale.net
“Philosophy triumphs easily over past and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.”
La philosophie triomphe aisément des maux passés et des maux à venir. Mais les maux présents triomphent d'elle.
Maxim 22. Compare: "This same philosophy is a good horse in the stable, but an arrant jade on a journey", Oliver Goldsmith, The Good-Natured Man, Act i.
Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims (1665–1678)
“Avoid the past, live the present, anticipate the future.”
Original: (it) Evita il passato, vivi il presente, anticipa il futuro.
Source: prevale.net
Variant: It is difficult to live in the present, pointless to live in the future and impossible to live in the past.
Source: Dune
Source: "Some Perplexities about time: with an attempted solution" (1925), p. 149. as cited in: Jonathan Gorman, "The transmission of our understanding of historical time." Historia Social y de la Educación 1.2 (2012): 129-152.
“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)
“I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future.”
90th Birthday Reflections (2007)
Context: I now spend a good part of my day dreaming of times past, present and future. As I try to survive on 15 hours sleep a day, I have plenty of time to enjoy vivid dreams. Being completely wheel-chaired doesn't stop my mind from roaming the universe — on the contrary!
