Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893
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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. 1890It 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, 1620Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCOften the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.
—Voltaire, 1764