Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it

1. Studying history is necessary to avoid repeating past mistakes. This saying comes from the writings of George Santayana, a Spanish-born American author of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it,” Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana famously wrote in “The Life of Reason.”

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In the words of the philosopher George Santayana: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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Philosopher George Santayana’s famous maxim is true: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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We all know the old saying: Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

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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.”

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