The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.
Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection, AApex Software, 1994.
-- Jim Bishop, (Nov 21 1907-1987), US author, journalist; He was a syndicated columist for 27 years; wrote The Day Lincoln was Shot, 1955 which sold over 3 million copies.