The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid.

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The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid. - José Ortega y Gasset

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The past will not tell us what we ought to do, but... what we ought to avoid. - Robert Greene (The 48 Laws of Power) quotes