History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again.

George R.r. Martin
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History is a wheel, for the nature of man is fundamentally unchanging. What has happened before will perforce happen again. — Groucho Marx History is a wheel that always comes back to the same place. History repeats itself.

In this quote, Groucho Marx is saying that people are the same as they have been in the past. The nature of people remains unchanged from one generation to another. No matter how many times we go through the motions, we will always be the same people.

Source: A Feast For Crows

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