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Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is read more
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
 A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
 [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
  Caliginosa nocte premit read more 
 A wise God shrouds the future in obscure darkness.
 [Lat., Prudens futuri temporis exitum
  Caliginosa nocte premit deus.] 
 Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a 
gift whatever the day brings read more 
 Cease to inquire what the future has in store, and to take as a 
gift whatever the day brings forth.
 [Lat., Quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere: et
  Quem Fors dierum cunque dabit, lucro
   Appone.] 
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by read more
Telling the future by looking at the past assumes that conditions remain constant. This is like driving a car by looking in the rearview mirror.
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 future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
The future? Like unwritten books and unborn children, you don't talk about it.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.
I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.