"That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important
of all the lessons that history has to teach."
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Quote of the Day
Today's quote comes from the prominent writer Aldous Huxley, perhaps most famous for his futuristic novel Brave New World. This is from an essay entitled "Case of Voluntary Ignorance" (a case which which I think has sadly become something of an epidemic) from 1959:
"That men do not learn much from the
lessons of history is the most important
of all the lessons that history has to teach."
"That men do not learn much from the lessons of history is the most important
of all the lessons that history has to teach."
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