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O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters
compared to what lies within us.
The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
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The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
[Lat., Prisca juvent alios; ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor.]
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
The future starts today, not tomorrow.
The future starts today, not tomorrow.
Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
Certain signs precede certain events.
[Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]
The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong,
Hope starves without a crumb;
But God's time is read more
The year goes wrong, and tares grow strong,
Hope starves without a crumb;
But God's time is our harvest time,
And that is sure to come.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
That what will come, and must come, shall come well.
