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In this bright future you can't forget your past.
In this bright future you can't forget your past.
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.
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.
 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. 
 Certain signs precede certain events.
 [Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.]  
 Certain signs precede certain events.
 [Lat., Certis rebus certa signa praecurrunt.] 
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future one.
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
Upper classes are a nation's past; the middle class is its future.
You can never plan the future by the past.
You can never plan the future by the past.