This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Quote by Gertrude Stein

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Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

Once more I can climb about and remind you that a woman in this epoch...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference...

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

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

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

A vegetable garden in the beginning looks so promising and then after all little by...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

It takes a lot of time to be a genius, you have to sit around...

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

War is never fatal but always lost. Always lost.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

America is my country and Paris is my hometown.

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

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

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

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

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

This is the lesson that history teaches: repetition.

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

Just before she died she asked, What is the answer? No answer came. She laughed...

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 deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows...

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

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

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

Silent gratitude isn't very much to anyone.

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

It is funny the two things most men are proudest of is the thing that...

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

Very likely education does not make very much difference.

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 can do it then why do it?

If you can do it then why do it?

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.

It is always a mistake to be plain-spoken.