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1968·Los Angeles, California
David Hume·1748Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature.
Thucydides·400 BCHuman nature being what it is, events which happened in the past will at some time or other and in much the same ways be repeated in the future.
Niccolò Machiavelli·1517Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results.
