History rarely repeats, even as farce. Those who seek to draw imagined lessons from the past for mechanistic application in the present are as doomed to failure as those who ignore it. History explains and informs, but the conditions of different times and places make each occurence unique. Understanding why things are as they are is far more relevant than perceiving re-runs of dissimilar developments.
History is important because we get to learn from others' mistakes. The old saying is: "those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them."
connecting the past and present.
George Santayana.
Students should always study history. If we don't learn from past mistakes then we are doomed to repeat them. It's important to see what's been done and failed in the past so that we can all grow as a society.
George Santayana.
"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it."'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.'
like all history if you do not learn it you are doomed to repeat it ...
George Santayana
George Santayana
So that we can learn from our mistakes.... "those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it...."
History is important because we get to learn from others' mistakes. The old saying is: "those who do not learn from the mistakes of the past are doomed to repeat them."
People in positions of power are typically well educated and familiar with history. This has always been the case, yet we continue to repeat the mistakes of the past. People usually make decisions based on intuition, personal morality, and social norms, not the rational analysis of something abstract and removed like history - It isn't that "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it", but rather, "Those who learn from history are still doomed to repeat it".
Those who fail to learn from past history are doomed to repeat it.
because history repeats itself. i believe it's good to know what's coming. Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.
If we do not learn our history - we are doomed to repeat the same mistakes. We could learn from the mistakes of others and make better choices for ourselves.
The sentiment has been expressed by various writers and politicians. Among others:Those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it. - Edmund BurkeThose who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. -George SantayanaWe're doomed to repeat the past no matter what. - Kurt Vonnegut
If people do not learn from history (Vietnam) then they are doomed to repeat it.