He who wishes to see what is to come should observe what has already happened, because all the affairs of the world, in every age, have their individual counterparts in ancient times.


Discourse upon the First Ten Books of Livy (written 1513–17) bk. 3, ch. 43 (translated by Allan Gilbert)

Niccolò Machiavelli Quotes

He who wishes to see what is to come should observe what has already happened, because all the affairs of the world, in every age, have their...

He who wishes to see what is to come should observe what has already happened, because all the affairs of the world, in every age, have their...

He who wishes to see what is to come should observe what has already happened, because all the affairs of the world, in every age, have their...

He who wishes to see what is to come should observe what has already happened, because all the affairs of the world, in every age, have their...