A Quote by Mark Twain

The past does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

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Mark Twain
American - Writer
November 30, 1835 - April 21, 1910

History doesn't repeat itself; it rhymes.

Mark Twain

They say history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Jake Tapper

Those who have heard me speak from time to time know that quite often I cite the observation of that great American author, Mark Twain, who said, history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.

J. D. Hayworth

History does not repeat itself. The historians repeat one another.

Max Beerbohm

Think there is nothing we can do to change the past, so we have to look at the present to make sure that the past will never repeat itself again.

Heinz Fischer

I am concerned that there's a cavalier attitude to the Irish Peace Process. What poor memories some have; I remember only too well the bag searches, the bomb scares and deaths. As they say, history doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

Dervla Kirwan

The past cannot be allowed to repeat itself.

Horst Seehofer

All of us benefit from remembering our past. A people which remembers does not repeat past errors; instead, it looks with confidence to the challenges of the present and the future.

Pope Francis

You can’t repeat the past.” “Can’t repeat the past?” he cried incredulously. “Why of course you can!

F. Scott Fitzgerald

History may not repeat, but it often rhymes.

Mark Twain

That human existence should repeat itself, well and good, but that it should repeat itself like a hackneyed tune, or a record a drunkard keeps playing as he feeds coins into the jukebox...

Stanislaw Lem

The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: 'lane' rhymes with 'pain,' but it also rhymes with 'urbane' since the last syllable of 'urbane' is stressed. 'Lane' does not rhyme with 'methane.'

James Fenton

The basic rhymes in English are masculine, which is to say that the last syllable of the line is stressed: "lane" rhymes with "pain", but it also rhymes with "urbane" since the last syllable of "urbane" is stressed. "Lane" does not rhyme with "methane".

James Fenton

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

Gertrude Stein

Mark Twain once said that history doesn't repeat itself, but it does rhyme.

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

The State Department has promised they will never have another temporary mission facility like the one in Benghazi that is so lightly protected. But at the same time, history tends to repeat itself here, and so it might not repeat itself in exactly the same way as Benghazi.

Mitchell Zuckoff

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