Quote by Herbert Spencer
The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the pa

The wise man must remember that while he is a descendant of the past, he is a parent of the future. – Herbert Spencer

Other quotes by Herbert Spencer

Old forms of government finally grow so oppressive that they must be thrown off even at the risk of reigns of terror. – Herbert Spencer

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Government
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People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal. – Herbert Spencer

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Success
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Everything that ever happened is still happening. Past, present and future keep happening in the eternity which is Here and Now. – James Broughton

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A preoccupation with the future not only prevents us from seeing the present as it is but often prompts us to rearrange the past. – Eric Hoffer

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Future

Existence is no more than the precarious attainment of relevance in an intensely mobile flux of past, present, and future. – Susan Sontag

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Facebook now is mostly about people you know. In the future it could be about people you know less but are more important. – Yuri Milner

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Americanism demands loyalty to the teacher and respect for his lesson. – Bainbridge Colby

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Whatever Im doing, Im in that moment and Im doing it. The rest of the worlds lost. If Im cooking some food or making soup, I want it to be lovely. If not, whats the point of doing it? – Sade Adu

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How strange is this combination of proximity and separation. That ground—seconds away—thousands of miles away. – Charles A. Lindbergh

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The Bush Administrations failure to be consistently involved in helping Israel achieve peace with the Palestinians has been both wrong for our friendship with Israel, as well as badly damaging to our standing in the Arab world. – Barack Obama

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