We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688
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My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering, 1946God seems to have left the receiver off the hook, and time is running out.
—Arthur Koestler, 1967Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BCAll progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890