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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.]
The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
The future is like heaven. Everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.
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.
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.
Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.
Predicting the future is easy. It's trying to figure out what's going on now that's hard.
With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.
With mortal crisis doth portend,
My days to appropinque an end.
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the read more
It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
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.
