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“The frequent repetition of miracles serves to provoke, where it does not subdue, the reason of mankind.”

Doe Reason History Mankind Miracle Provoking Repetition Roman Empire

Book:History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Source: History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“The simple circumstantial narrative (did such a narrative exist) of the ruin of a single town, of the misfortunes of a single family, might exhibit an interesting and instructive picture of human manners; but the tedious repetition of vague and declamatory complaints would fatigue the attention of the most patient reader.”

Source: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

“... there was the first Balkan war and the second Balkan war and then there was the first world war. It is extraordinary how having done a thing once you have to do it again, there is the pleasure of coincidence and there is the pleasure of repetition, and so there is the second world war, and in between there was the Abyssinian war and the Spanish civil war.”

World Firsts War Done Pleasure History Extraordinary War Of The Worlds Civil War World War I Coincidence Repetition Second World War First World War Balkans Spanish Civil War

Book:Wars I have seen

Source: Wars I have seen

“Want of foresight, unwillingness to act when action would be simple and effective, lack of clear thinking, confusion of counsel until the emergency comes, until self-preservation strikes its jarring gong - these are the features which constitute the endless repetition of history.”

Source: Churchill speaks: Winston S. Churchill in peace and war : collected speeches, 1897-1963

“History is the torch that is meant to illuminate the past, to guard us against the repetition of our mistakes of other days. We cannot join in the rewriting of history to make it conform to our comfort and convenience.”

Writing Past Mistake History Comfort Historical Conform Repetition Convenience Torches Rewriting

Author:Claude Bowers

“The Past: Our cradle, not our prison; there is danger as well as appeal in its glamour. The past is for inspiration, not imitation, for continuation, not repetition.”

Life Wells Inspiration Past Memories History Danger Forgiveness Prison Appeals Imitation Remembrance Repetition Glamour Cradle Continuation

Book:The Voice of Jerusalem

Source: The Voice of Jerusalem