Well.........
"Fools,say they learn by experience. I prefer to profit by other
people's experience.
-Otto von Bismarck,the first Chancellor of Germany who unified the
German states
"There are two roads to the reformation for mankindone through
misfortunes of their own, the other through the misfortunes of
others; the former is the most unmistakable, the latter the less
painful
the knowledge gained from the study of true history is the
best of all educations for practical life.
-Polybius,Greek historian
"History has limitations as guiding signpost, however, for although
it can show us the right direction, it does not give detailed
information about the road conditions.
But its negative value as a warning sign is more definite. History
can show us what to avoid, even if it does not teach us what to
doby showing the most common mistakes that mankind is apt to make
and to repeat. "
-Liddell Basil Hart,British military historian
