There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass." - Meaning and context.">
Section 3, Chapter 19, p. 287

There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass.

— Isaac Asimov

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "There are no happy endings in history, only crisis points that pass." in the context of "Section 3, Chapter 19, p. 287" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Isaac Asimov

About Isaac Asimov

Isaac Asimov (c. 2 January 1920 – 6 April 1992) was a Russian-born American biochemist who was a prolific writer of both fiction and non-fiction, his works include the Foundation series and I, Robot.