Quotes About Foresight

It is a common fault of men not to reckon on storms in fair weather.

It is a common fault not to anticipate storms when the sea is calm.

The Romans recognized potential difficulties in advance and always remedied them in time. They never let problems develop just so they could escape a war, for they knew that such wars cannot be avoided, only postponed to the advantage of others.

When trouble is sensed well in advance it can easily be remedied; if you wait for it to show itself any medicine will be too late because the disease will have become incurable. As the doctors say of a wasting disease, to start with it is easy to cure but difficult to diagnose;after a time, unless it has been diagnosed and treated at the outset, it becomes easy to diagnose but difficult to cure. So it is in politics.

war is not so to be avoided, but is only deferred to your disadvantage

From want of foresight men make changes which relishing well at first do not betray their hidden venom, as I have already observed respecting hectic fever. Nevertheless, the ruler is not truly wise who cannot discern evils before they develop themselves, and this is a faculty given to few.

For once problems are recognized ahead of time, they can be easily cured; but if you wait for them to present themselves, the medicine will be too late, for the disease will have become incurable.

es defecto común de los hombres no preocuparse por la tempestad durante la bonanza)

not restricting themselves to dealing with present threats but using every means at their disposal to foresee and forestall future problems as well. Seen in advance, trouble is easily dealt with; wait until it's on top of you and your reaction will come too late, the malaise is already irreversible.

you must never fail to respond to trouble just to avoid war, because in the end you won't avoid it, you'll just be putting it off to your enemy's advantage.

Si se conocen anticipadamente los males que pueden después manifestarse, lo que no concede el cielo más que a un hombre sabio y bien prevenido, quedan curados muy pronto. Pero cuando, por no haberlos conocido, se les deja tomar un incremento tal que llega a noticia de todo el mundo, no hay ya arbitrio que los remedie.

Podobnie czyni? dobrzy ?ucznicy. Ci, widz?c bardzo odleg?y cel, a znaj?c si?? rzutu swego ?uku, mierz? nieco wy?ej, nie po to, aby dosi?gn?? strza?a tej wysoko?ci, lecz aby mierz?c wy?ej, trafi? do celu

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One Must Be A Fox In Order To Recognize Traps, And A Lion To Frighten Off Wolves

Maybe my intuition has been warning me about something I don't quite understand but shouldn't be underestimated.…

Everything that Marvel does, it's a chess move. Nothing is by accident.

My generation knows the cost of short-sightedness in Iraq.

But it is the mark of a leader, to hold all possibilities, even the unpleasant—even the unthinkable.

You never hear the bomb that's got your name on it.

theory of natural selection itself seems calculated to foster selfishness at the expense of public good, violence, callous indifference to suffering, short term greed at the expense of long term foresight. If scientific theories could vote, evolution would surely vote Republican.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

She wasn't afraid, so she didn't resist. All fear comes from trying to see the future, Biff. If you know what is coming, you aren't afraid.

Nunca peques de exceso de confianza, Eragon. Nunca te vuelvas arrogante, porque en ese momento te descuidarás y tus enemigos se aprovecharán de tu debilidad.