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I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

—Thomas Jefferson, 1816

All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.

—Paul Valéry, 1931

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

—Albert Camus, 1951

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.

—Voltaire, 1764
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