I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BC