"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."
"Catastrophes come when some dominant institution, swollen like a soap-bubble and still standing without foundations, suddenly crumbles at the touch of what may seem a word or idea, but is really some stronger material source."
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Source: George Santayana (2003). “The Letters of George Santayana”, p.338, MIT Press
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