Original artwork, not a still
Wars I Have Seen · 1945
It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker finds comfort in the idea that events come round again. If history repeats itself, the present is less alien, and even frightening times become familiar patterns rather than unprecedented shocks. The remark turns a common complaint about history into a quiet, slightly wry consolation.
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