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Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
Study the past, if you would divine the future.rn
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
And better skilled in dark events to come.
When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have read more
When Earth's last picture is painted, and the tubes are twisted
and dried,
When the oldest colours have faded, and the youngest critic has
died,
We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon
or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
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.
Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied read more
Everything that looks to the future elevates human nature. Never is life so low or so little as when occupied with the present.