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after the event

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Literature is analysis after the event. Doris Lessing

An act of goodness is of itself an act of happiness. No reward coming after the event can compare with the sweet reward that went with it. Maurice Maeterlinck

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place. Winston Churchill

It is easy to be wise after the event. English Proverb

Every one is wise after the event. German Proverb

It is easy to be wise after the event. Traditional Proverb

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