975. Every event, once it has occurred, can be made to appear inevitable by a competent historian. LEE SIMONSONA (1888-1967).
It's the saying by George Santayana, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" that got me thinking about this quote by Simonsona. History repeats itself, and we, the current generation are supposed to be able to look at our past and figure out how to not repeat it. However, this quote is humorous because this perspective is saying that after time, history does repeat itself, but many convince us that it was impossible to occur to begin with.
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