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    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.

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Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot read more

Once social change begins, it cannot be reversed. You cannot uneducate the person who has learned to read. You cannot humiliate the person who feels pride. You cannot oppress the people who are not afraid anymore. We have seen the future, and the future is ours.

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The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power.

by Mary Pickford Found in: Future Quotes,
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With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . read more

With whom there is no place of toil, no burning heat, no piercing
cold, nor any briars there . . . this place we call the Bosom of
Abraham.

by Flavius Josephus Found in: Future Quotes,
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With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.

by Samuel Butler Found in: Future Quotes,
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You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Future Quotes,
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Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in read more

Dear Land to which Desire forever flees;
Time doth no present to our grasp allow,
Say in the fixed Eternal shall we seize
At last the fleeting Now?

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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.

by Herb Brody Found in: Future Quotes,
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Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

by George Orwell Found in: Future Quotes,
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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.

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