John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
4428 Edmund Burke 1729-1797 John Bartlett
| NUMBER: | 4428 |
| AUTHOR: | Edmund Burke (1729–1797) |
| QUOTATION: | You can never plan the future by the past. 1 |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Letter to a Member of the National Assembly. Vol. iv. p. 55. |
| Note 1. I know no way of judging of the future but by the past.—Patrick Henry: Speech in the Virginia Convention, March, 1775. [back] |