But there are roughly two sorts of informed people, aren't there? People who start off right by observing the pitfalls and mistakes and going round them, and the people who fall into them and get out and know they're there because of that. They both come to the same conclusions but they don't have quite the same point of view. Margery Allingham
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The world is full of people who know what is wrong but don't know what to do about it. They make mistakes, let others make mistakes, and think the world will change for the better. There are also those who realize that there is something wrong with the world and do everything in their power to fix it. The famous philosopher George Santayana once said that, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

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