Counterparts Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

“by foreseeing anything that can happen as though it will happen he will soften the onslaught of all his troubles, which present no surprises…

— Seneca

Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

We need a proper understanding of the past to correctly judge the present if we ever are to foretell the future.

— Craig D. Idso

The past is all we know of the future.

— Barbara Kingsolver

You cannot see the past that did not happen any more than you can foresee the future.

— Madeleine L'Engle

“Foreseeing the future, I would later learn, means nothing if there is nothing to be done to prevent it.”

— Leslye Walton

We have to keep an eye on the future with a sense of the past in every passing moment of the present.

— Amanda Harlech

Have you never heard what the wise man say : all of the future exists in the past.

— Truman Capote

“The past had shown him many times that the future would be its own solution.”

— Ian McEwan

I shall go further and say that even if an examination of the past could lead to any valid prediction concerning man's future, that…

— Julien Benda

“He would come to feel that history, even more than memory, distorts the present of the past by focusing on big events and making…

— Tracy Kidder