This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream,...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Disillusionment in living is finding that no one can really ever be agreeing with you...

Money is always there but the pockets change

Money is always there but the pockets change

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

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

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

The nineteenth century believed in science but the twentieth century does not.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

Hemingway's remarks are not literature.

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

I rarely believe anything, because at the time of believing I am not really there...

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

Considering how dangerous everything is, nothing is really very frightening.

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...

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

Literature - creative literature - unconcerned with sex, is inconceivable.

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

In a war everybody always knows all about Switzerland, in peace times it is just...

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

It is the soothing thing about history that it does repeat itself.

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

I do want to get rich but I never want to do what there is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

Americans are very friendly and very suspicious, that is what Americans are and that is...

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...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always...

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure.

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.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

I think the reason I am important is that I know everything.

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....

It is extraordinary that whole populations have no projects for the future, none at all....