What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can. But mostly I shall use the various tenses of the past. For mostly I do not know, it is perhaps no longer so, it is too soon to know, I simply do not know, perhaps shall never know.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker admits uncertainty about the present and relies on the past.
- In plain terms
- I do not know what is happening now.
- What can you take from it?
- Uncertainty about now is common.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you know what is true?
- Is the past more reliable than the present?
Another view
It encourages passive acceptance over investigation.
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