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A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they will never sit.
Loved this when I read it this in a book called ‘Ten Survival Skills for a World in Flux‘ by Tom Fletcher.
(As to its source, these two references hunt around a bit. )
It doesn’t need commentary.