Quote of George Bernard Shaw - If history repeats itself, and the...
Biography - George Bernard Shaw:
Irish playwright critic and polemicis.
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
Born: 1856 - Died: 1950
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United Kingdom
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.
Translation
(German, French)
See also...
Quotes for: to learn
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.
You shall learn to laugh. Now, all higher humor begins with this, that one no longer takes one's person seriously.
Quotes about history:
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.
Quotes for: experience
George Bernard Shaw also said...
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