The world began without man, and it will end without him.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1955
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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. 1890The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.
—Paul Valéry, 1931Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851Time will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.
—Euripides, c. 425 BC