The past is necessarily inferior to the future. That is how we wish it to be. How could we acknowledge any merit in our most dangerous enemy: the past, gloomy prevaricator, execrable tutor?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Declares the future superior to the past and rejects tradition.
- In plain terms
- The future is better than the past.
- What can you take from it?
- Progress requires rejecting history.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is the past useless?
- What makes the future better?
Another view
History often provides essential lessons.
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