Santayana
Americannoun
noun
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It was George Santayana who famously said that “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
The most-used quote on that subject is from Harvard-educated Spanish author/philosopher George Santayana, who wrote: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2022
George Santayana wrote, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 10, 2022
George Santayana famously wrote that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it," while Mark Twain supposedly said that history "rhymes."
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2021
Thus descriptively to treat these spiritual enterprises implies on the part of the author a naturalistic viewpoint whose main outlines have been fixed for this generation by James, Santayana, and Dewey.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin
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