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

—Thomas Jefferson, 1816

The future, like everything else, is no longer quite what it used to be.

—Paul Valéry, 1931

It would be madness, and inconsistency, to suppose that things which have never yet been performed can be performed without employing some hitherto untried means.

—Francis Bacon, 1620

Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.

—Cleanthes, c. 250 BC

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

—Albert Camus, 1951
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