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title: "3 Teach Past Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Teach Past quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Teach Past sayings and thoughts."
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> [“Trying to look at the whole of the past is, it seems to me, like using a map of the world. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-christian/trying-to-look-at-the-whole-of-the-past-is-it-seems-to-me-like-using/)

[David Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-christian/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/299/david-christian-7861_history_trying-to-look-at-the-whole-of-the-past_856057.jpg)

> [“If Time travel were possible, the future would have already taught the present to teach the past how to do it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atom-tate/if-time-travel-were-possible-the-future-would-have-already-taught-the/)

[Atom Tate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atom-tate/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/afd/atom-tate-36246_logic_if-time-travel-were-possible-the-future_857145.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)

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