History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

History is an endless repetition of the wrong way of living.

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.

Like warmed-up cabbage served at each repast, The repetition kills the wretch at last.

Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.

Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, By reiteration chiefly.

Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Progress, far from consisting of change, depends on retentiveness... Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Happiness is the longing for repetition.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

Iteration, like friction, is likely to generate heat instead of progress.

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is that the same place isn't there the second time.

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only read more

There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.