Archive

Quotes

Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.

—Euripides, c. 425 BC

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

—Paul Valéry, 1931

Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.

—Oscar Wilde, 1893

Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.

—William Jennings Bryan, 1899

We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.

—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688
  •