Men Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

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

The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.

— Publilius Syrus

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

— Truman Capote

“anyone can create the future but only a wise man can create the past”

— Vladimir Nabokov

Neither in the life of the individual nor in that of mankind is it desirable to know the future.

— Jacob Burckhardt

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

— Truman Capote

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

— Leslye Walton

“The future cannot be defined by men. God foresees and foreknow the future because transcends time and all knowledgeable.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

Not only can no one predict the future, we don't understand the present - and there isn't even any certainty about the past.

— Harry Browne

He who would foresee what is to happen should look to what has happened: for all that is has its counterpart in time past.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

We read the future by the past.

— Alexander Crummell

There are certain moments when we might wish the future were built by men of the past.

— Jean Rostand