Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them; it is destiny which makes them prudent.
—Voltaire, 1764
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People will not look forward to posterity who never look backward to their ancestors.
—Edmund Burke, 1790Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 150 BCTime will reveal everything. It is a babbler and speaks even when not asked.
—Euripides, c. 425 BCEvery saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893