[thechat] Learn from my mistakes

[Norman Beresford]

No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience

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> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of seb potter
> Sent: 21 November 2002 16:09
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> Subject: RE: [thechat] Learn from my mistakes
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> On Thu, 2002-11-21 at 15:42, Norman Beresford wrote:
> > Those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat the
> > mistakes
>
> Heh, those who fail to learn their history are doomed to repeat this
> quote.
>
> "Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
> The quote's from George Santayana, and it's not just the mistakes that
> he's talking about. He meant that we cannot learn and progress without
> the knowledge of what has come before us.