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Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.

—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851

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

—Samuel Butler, c. 1890

People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.

—Edmund Burke, 1790

A change of fortune hurts a wise man no more than a change of the moon.

—Benjamin Franklin, 1732

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

—Thomas Jefferson, 1816
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