This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

The United States is just now the oldest country in the world, there always is...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

I could undertake to be an efficient pupil if it were possible to find an...

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

What is the answer? In that case, what is the question?

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Communists are people who fancied that they had an unhappy childhood.

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

Supposing everyone lived at one time what would they say. They would observe that stringing...

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

A masterpiece... may be unwelcome but it is never dull.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

There is no such thing as being good to your wife.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

Action and reaction are equal and opposite.

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

The nineteenth century was completely lacking in logic, it had cosmic terms and hopes, and...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with...

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

In France one must adapt oneself to the fragrance of a urinal.

We are always the same age inside.

We are always the same age inside.

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

It is not what France gave you but what it did not take from you...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

If you are looking down while you are walking it is better to walk up...

History takes time. History makes memory.

History takes time. History makes memory.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.