It was ordained at the beginning of the world that certain signs should prefigure certain events.

Sed ita a principio inchoatum esse mundum, ut certis rebus certa signa praecurrerent.

Cicero

Concerning Divination

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. De Divinatione [Concerning Divination]. c. 44 BC, bk. 1, ch. 52, sect. 118.

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Quoted in Pro Milone, by Cicero

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Cicero, Marcus Tullius. "Pro Roscio Amerino [In defense of Sextus Roscius of Amerina]." 80 BC, Umbria, Italy.

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Another quote about The future

Culture shock is relatively mild in comparison with a much more serious malady that might be called "future shock." Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future.

Alvin Toffler

The Future as a Way of Life

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Toffler, Alvin. "The Future as a Way of Life." Horizon Magazine, Summer 1965.

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Another quote from Classical antiquity

Thou shalt not steal.

God

Exodus 20:15

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Exodus 20:15).

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Another quote originally in Latin

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love.

Virgil

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Virgil. Eclogae [Eclogues]. c. 30 BC, no. 10.

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Virgil. "The Eclogues." The Eclogues and The Georgics, translated by C. Day Lewis. Oxford University Press, 2009, no. 10.

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