in hindsight
Denoting coming to an understanding of the full nature of an event after it has already occurred.
Synonym: in retrospect
In hindsight, I should have quit that job sooner.
In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it runs out of capitalists. Larry Niven
Is this what sadness is all about? Is it what comes over us when beautiful memories shatter in hindsight because the remembered happiness fed not just on actual circumstances but on a promise that was not kept? Bernhard Schlink
Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It's great. The problem is there's a million dots at the time. Louis J. Freeh
To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process. Julia Leigh
No. Real love takes time to build. What you feel is just infatuation. (Geary) But it doesn't feel temporary. (Arik) It never does at its onset. It's only in hindsight that we realize the difference between infatuation and love. (Geary) Sherrilyn Kenyon
At the time, when you're being dissected and judged it's pretty brutal, but in hindsight it's great and - it sounds cliched - you do come out the other side better and stronger. Kate Bosworth