Prophetic

Famous quotes containing the word prophetic:

“I am about to die, and that is the hour in which men are gifted with prophetic power.”
—Plato (c. 427–347 B.C.)

“Ghost. The serpent that did sting thy father’s life
Now wears his crown.
Hamlet. O my prophetic soul!
My uncle?
Ghost. Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)

“Talk of Columbus and Newton! I tell you the child just born in yonder hovel is the beginning of a revolution as great as theirs. But you must have the believing and prophetic eye.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)