A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
“The knowledge that there is a part of the psychic functions that are out of conscious reach, we did not need to wait for Freud to know this!”
“Before I go on stage, I knock three times. Three is my lucky number; I once went into an audition and was number 333 and got the best part ever.”