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Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable.

Samuel Johnson
Distance, Imagination, Misery
Samuel Johnson (1999). “Rasselas”, p.12, Wordsworth Editions
Of the present state, whatever it be, we feel and are forced to confess the misery; yet when the same state is again at a distance, imagination paints it as desirable.