The wise man guards against future evils as if they were present

The wise man guards against future evils as if they were present. Publius Syrus. The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus. Number 796.

Image: Roman warrior in armor and kneeling servant Bernard van Orley, between 1525 and 1530, at the Museum der bildenden Künste in Leipzig, Germany. Note: Those Renaissance artists really got creative with their depictions of Roman armor!