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Foresight Quotes

"It is better to be unhappy and know the worst, than to be happy in a fool's paradise."

"The mark of a good action is that it appears inevitable in retrospect"

"Even the wise cannot see all ends "

"Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall"

"The main characteristic of any event is that it has not been foreseen."

"The fox condemns the trap, not himself "

"People ask me to predict the future, when all I want to do is prevent it."

"Plans are nothing planning is everything"

"If we are wise, let us prepare for the worst."

"The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of having imagination is to have a sense of life."

"Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised"

"The consequences of our actions are always so complicated, so diverse, that predicting the future is a very difficult business indeed "

"Jesters do oft prove prophets."

"Even the very wise cannot see all ends."

"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow"

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