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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience
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"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience"

- George Bernard Shaw

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This quote by George Bernard Shaw talks with the idea that humans are unable to pick up from experience. If background repeats itself and also the unexpected always occurs, then it indicates that people are unable to predict the future and also are incapable to learn from the past. This recommends that people are incapable of learning from experience, as they are incapable to prepare for the unanticipated as well as are incapable to stop history from repeating itself. This quote indicates that people are limited in their capacity to learn from experience, and that they are incapable to damage the cycle of repeating the very same blunders. This quote talks to the suggestion that humans are limited in their capability to learn from experience, and that they are unable to damage the cycle of duplicating the exact same errors.

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George Bernard Shaw This quote is written / told by George Bernard Shaw between July 26, 1856 and November 2, 1950. He was a famous Dramatist from Ireland. The author also have 166 other quotes.

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