The one who talks about the future is a rascal. The present is the only thing that matters. To invoke one's posterity is to make a speech to maggots. [4]. (Louis-Ferdinand Céline)

The one who talks about the future is a rascal. The present is the only thing that matters. To invoke one's posterity is to make a speech to maggots. [4].

Louis-Ferdinand Céline

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