Who said "We are blind as to the future, clear-sighted as to the past."?

This quote is attributed to Jonathan Swift.

We are blind as to the future, clear-sighted as to the past. - Jonathan Swift

"We are blind as to the future, clear-sighted as to the past."

Jonathan Swift Time

Satirist Writer Irish 1667–1745

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