Quote by William Wordsworth
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and w

Life is divided into three terms – that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future. – William Wordsworth

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The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away than what it leaves behind. – William Wordsworth

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When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel. – Stephen Fry

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When did the future switch from being a promise to a threat? – Chuck Palahniuk

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We must welcome the future, remembering that soon it will be the past and we must respect the past, remembering that it was once all that was humanly possible. – George Santayana

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The future is called perhaps, which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you. – Tennessee Williams

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