Alan Greenspan Quotes

The ancients called happy those who learned caution from the danger of others

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

It is a good thing to learn caution from the misfortunes of others.

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.

The only danger of knowing and thinking a lot about history, is that you will trip on something behind you. Be sure you also look ahead.

One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.

I really believe my greatest service is in the many unwise steps I prevent.

The scars of others should teach us caution.

Fear is the mother of foresight.

I think you can learn from history.

Take the word of experience, I speak the truth: inaction is safest in danger.

Prognostics do not always prove prophecies, at least the wisest prophets make sure of the event first.

The cautious seldom err.

History is philosophy teaching by examples.

History some truths contains, which well may serve for lessons.

My gran'ther's rule was safer 'n 'tis to crow: Don't never prophesy — onless ye know.

I'm always careful to even guess, at any juncture, about things before we do them.

We have to learn from the past.

We learn from history. That's what it's all about.

History is my biggest teacher.

Prudence does not save us, but shows us pictures of our destroyers.

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

You'd better watch where you go, and remember where you've been

By how much one man has more experience of things past, than another, by so much also he is more prudent, and his expectations the seldomer fail him.

Little boats should keep near shore