History Repeating Itself Quotes
History Repeating Itself Quote of the day
So the story of man runs in a dreary circle, because he is not yet master of the earth that holds him.
The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence
Mounting tensions in Eastern Europe send shivers down the spine. Barely a quarter of a century after the end of the Cold War we seem to be sliding inexorably towards another.
Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing other people in the process.
The only lesson you can learn from history is that it repeats itself
... the vintage of history is forever repeating ~ same old vines, same old wines!
I am not convinced within myself that to its core and as a whole, humanity has, as some like to assume, progressed a great deal over the millennia. Human technology? Of course. Human beings? Hardly.
Disregard for the past will never do us any good. Without it we cannot know truly who we are.
...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.
War without end. Well, what was history without that? And how would having the stars change anything?
Nowadays, a simple faulty brake light traffic stop, can get a black person killed. It's better to fix the broken light bulb, then having to face and cooperate with a senseless police officer.
You are not responsible for the past, but insofar as you do nothing, you are complicit in the present created by it.
If there were ever such a thing as a unique opinion, history would probably be less inclined to repeat itself.