Anthony T. HincksHistory will always repeat itself, because it makes for good reading. It doesn't have to be truthful or factual, just entertaining with the odd fact thrown in for good measure.
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History repeats itself because it makes for good reading. A historian only needs to take one event and make it seem like it is happening again, while forgetting the rest of the story about why things happened the way they did. This quote has also been used to say that history doesn't have to be truthful or factual, but entertaining with the odd fact thrown in for good measure.
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