A Quote by Jean Baudrillard

History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.

Jean Baudrillard

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Farce History Itself Repeats Turns

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Jean Baudrillard
French - Sociologist
July 29, 1929 - March 6, 2007

"The Universe repeats itself, with the possible exception of history." Of all earthly studies history is the only one that does not repeat itself. ... Astronomy repeats itself; botany repeats itself; trigonometry repeats itself; mechanics repeats itself; compound long division repeats itself. Every sum if worked out in the same way at any time will bring out the same answer. ... A great many moderns say that history is a science; if so it occupies a solitary and splendid elevation among the sciences; it is the only science the conclusions of which are always wrong.

Gilbert K. Chesterton

History repeats itself, the first as tragedy, then as farce.

Karl Marx

History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce.

Karl Marx

History repeats itself and History never repeats itself are about equally true.

G. M. Trevelyan

"History repeats itself" and "History never repeats itself" are about equally true ... We never know enough about the infinitely complex circumstances of any past event to prophesy the future by analogy.

G. M. Trevelyan

True genius repeats itself forever, and never repeats itself--one ever varied sense beams novelty and unity on all.