Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
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Trust no future, howe'er pleasant!
Let the dead past bury its dead!
Act,--act in the living Present!
Heart within and God o'erhead.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

I do not hate a proud man, as I do hate the engendering of toads.

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

A fixed image of the future is in the worst sense a historical.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

Knowing too much of your future is never a good thing.

You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
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You'll see that, since our fate is ruled by chance,
Each man, unknowing, great,
Should frame life so that at some future hour
Fact and his dreamings meet.

The future ain't what it used to be.

The future ain't what it used to be.

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

A generation which ignores history has no past and no future.

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today