87 Quotes About History-repeating-itself

Human history seems to me to be one long story of people sweeping down—or up, I suppose—replacing other people in the process.

A Jewish woman in exile in the 1930s is an antihero.

History matters, not because it repeats itself (which it never does), but because its narration can rid demons that torment the oppressed, shock the complacent and intransigent into self-reflection, and inspire feats of human perseverance and will.

The problem with revolutions is that they always end right where they began.

...but the power of spilled blood overwhelmed the good intentions of those who wanted to end the violence.

History, with all her volumes vast, hath but one page

It is not often that nations learn from the past,even rarer that they draw the correct conclusions from it.

... the vintage of history is forever repeating ~ same old vines, same old wines!

Gamora: History repeating itself?Warlock: History doesn't repeat itself, Gamora, but sometimes it rhymes.