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title: "7 Past Teach Quotes by 7 authors"
description: "Browse 7 Past Teach quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Past Teach sayings and thoughts."
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> [If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-hoban/if-the-past-cannot-teach-the-present-and-the-father-cannot-teach-the/)

[Russell Hoban](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-hoban/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca6/russell-hoban-7835_bothered_if-the-past-cannot-teach-the-present-and_133767.jpg)

> [Past will teach you alot of life :)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/past-will-teach-you-alot-of-life/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f8e/anonymous-1_life_past-will-teach-you-alot-of-life-1208970_1208970.jpg)

> [Life is the future, not the past. The past can teach us, through experience, how to accomplish things in the future, comfort…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/terry-goodkind/life-is-the-future-not-the-past-the-past-can-teach-us-through/)

[Terry Goodkind](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/terry-goodkind/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e76/terry-goodkind-924_accomplish_life-is-the-future-not-the-past-the-past_1251370.jpg)

> [“There is so much that the past can teach us. -The Cripple”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/f-sionil-jos/there-is-so-much-that-the-past-can-teach-us-the-cripple/)

[F. Sionil José](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/f-sionil-jos/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e52/f-sionil-jos-2399_cripple_there-is-so-much-that-the-past-can-teach_1989928.png)

> [Past teach us the lesson not to repeat our mistake.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anurag-prakash-ray/past-teach-us-the-lesson-not-to-repeat-our-mistake/)

[Anurag Prakash Ray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anurag-prakash-ray/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/949/anurag-prakash-ray-38_failure_past-teach-us-the-lesson-not-to-repeat-o_2187374.jpg)

> [“To survive, Let the past Teach you-- Past customs, Struggles, Leaders and thinkers. Let These Help you. Let them inspire you, Warn…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/to-survive-let-the-past-teach-you-past-customs-struggles-leaders-and/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ab/octavia-e-butler-2861_change_to-survive-let-the-past-teach-you-past-c_2420133.jpg)

> [The past can teach us, nurture us, but it cannot sustain us. The essence of life is change, and we must move…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susanna-kearsley/the-past-can-teach-us-nurture-us-but-it-cannot-sustain-us-the-essence/)

[Susanna Kearsley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susanna-kearsley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/susanna-kearsley-10764_change_the-past-can-teach-us-nurture-us-but-it_3156658.png)

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