History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

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History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

What is your understanding of this quote and do you agree with it ?
Can you give examples ?

[Cashmere]

Re: History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

I'd definitely agree with it. The same incident that occurred decades ago, doesn't have to repeat the same exact way. There will be some sort of variation, of course. But it will merely correspond to the former event, infused with different origins, discrete settings and divergent characters. Therefore, resulting in similar consequences that were faced centuries ago.

[LP]

Re: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

to GS Cashmere.
Can you give a few examples from history and the world today?

@Cashmere

I’d definitely agree with it. The same incident that occurred decades ago, doesn’t have to repeat the same exact way. There will be some sort of variation, of course. But it will merely correspond to the former event, infused with different origins, discrete settings and divergent characters. Therefore, resulting in similar consequences that were faced centuries ago.

[Cashmere]

Re: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

@Little Princess

to GS Cashmere.
Can you give a few examples from history and the world today?

Thanks, I appreciate the warm welcome.

A vivid example of this would be the government setup and politics of the Roman Empire in comparison to that of the United States today.

[muqawwee123]

Re: History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes.

What is your understanding of this quote and do you agree with it ? Can you give examples ?

who said it?

[LP]

Re: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

@muqawwee123

who said it?

Here is what I came across :

• History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme.
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• This is very often attributed to Mark Twain, but the earliest published source yet located is by Joseph Anthony Wittreich in Feminist Milton (1987) where he writes: “History may not repeat itself but it does rhyme, and every gloss by a deconstructionist need not be a loss, pushing us further into an abyss of skepticism and indeterminacy.”

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Thanks for the info on the lack of sourcing of this quote. If any earlier publications of such a remark are found, please note them. ~ Kalki 23:26, 5 May 2010 (UTC)

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• James George Eayrs attributes the quote to Mark Twain as early as 1971 in his book “Diplomacy and its discontents”, page 121: “When Mark Twain declared ‘History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes,’ he went about as far as he could go.” [1]](Diplomacy and Its Discontents - James George Eayrs - Google Books)

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• A verse in John Robert Colombo’s poem, “A Said Poem”, published in Neo Poems (1970), reads: “ ‘History never repeats itself but it rhymes,’ said Mark Twain.” In a private communication, Colombo wrote: “Twain’s observation – correction: the observation attributed to Twain – has been around since the 1960s. There is no source for it with which I am familiar.” —KHirsch 02:44, 6 July 2010 (UTC)

[LP]

Re: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

@Cashmere

Thanks, I appreciate the warm welcome.

A vivid example of this would be the government setup and politics of the Roman Empire in comparison to that of the United States today.

[muqawwee123]

Re: History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

@Little Princess

Fall of Dhaka was a repetition of India’s partition or it was an example of rhyming history?