People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
—Edmund Burke, 1790
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A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1732Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BCWe must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
—Ray Bradbury, 1992