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"The one charm of the past is that it is the past."
~Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray 

"The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive."
~John Sladek

“As soon as it meant something, it was less dangerous.”

Roland Barthes. “Adamov and Language,” The Eiffel Tower and Other Mythologies. P55.

How do you say that in Japanese? 日本語だとなんというだろう？

「意味を持った途端、危険性が下がった。」