Quote#Time
. . . why do you seek to peer into the future, which from day to day…
Quote byH. Rider Haggard · 1856–1925
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Ancient Allan (1920).
English (original)
. . . why do you seek to peer into the future, which from day to day will unroll itself as does a scroll? Be content with the present, man, and take what Fate gives you of good or ill, not seeking to learn what offerings he hides beneath his robe in the days and the years and the centuries to come.
— H. Rider Haggard
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