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Quote by Julien Benda
I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning mans future, that prediction would be the contrary of reassuring. – Julien Benda

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Peace, if it ever exists, will not be based on the fear of war but on the love of peace. – Julien Benda

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And History will smile to think that this is the species for which Socrates and Jesus Christ died. – Julien Benda

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Our faith in the present dies out long before our faith in the future. – Ruth Benedict

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The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. – Gustav Mahler

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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future. – Garrett Hardin

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Including myself, the majority of the Korean people believe in this staunch alliance between Korea and the United States and all of us hope that our traditional alliance will be further strengthened in the future. – Lee Myung-bak

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The mind that is anxious about the future is miserable. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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Give me golf clubs, fresh air and a beautiful partner, and you can keep the clubs and the fresh air. – Jack Benny

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