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I never think of the future--it comes soon enough.
I never think of the future--it comes soon enough.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
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. . . So often do the spirits
Of great events stride on before the events,
And in to-day already walks to-morrow.
Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by read more
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.
The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.