Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.
—Niccolò Machiavelli, 1531
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The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.
—Paul Valéry, 1931My interest is in the future, because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
—Charles F. Kettering, 1946Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
—Albert Camus, 1951Little folks become their little fate.
—Horace, c. 20 BC