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Edmund Burke Quotes about Time

You can never plan the future by the past.

'Letter to a Member of the National Assembly' (1791) p. 73

When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads.

Edmund Burke (1853). “The speeches of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke: with memoir and historical introductions”, p.213

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth.

Edmund Burke, Harvey C. Mansfield (1984). “Selected Letters of Edmund Burke”, p.107, University of Chicago Press