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Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth. ↗

— Albert Schweitzer

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The dog is almost human in its demand for living interest, yet fatally less than human in its inability to foresee. ↗

— Robert Falcon Scott

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Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us. ↗

— Freya Stark

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A wise woman never yields by appointment. It should always be an unforeseen happiness. ↗

— Stendhal

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Good teachers make the best of a pupil's means; great teachers foresee a pupil's ends. ↗

— Maria Callas

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I'm just saying that at least for the foreseeable future there won't be any more touring. ↗

— Glenn Danzig

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Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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The future will be determined in part by happenings that it is impossible to foresee; it will also be influenced by trends that are now existent and observable. ↗

— Emily Greene Balch

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Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too. ↗

— Marcus Aurelius

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Naturally enough, I couldn't have foreseen the vast sea change which has come upon that scene as a result of German reunification and associated events. ↗

— Brian Ferneyhough

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