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eppur_se_muova

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6. If only we (actually, I mean *they*) only lived according to these quotes:

Reply to ancianita (Reply #5)

Sat May 25, 2019, 05:03 PM

May 2019

Not to know what has been transacted in former times is to be always a child. If no use is made of the labors of past ages, the world must remain always in the infancy of knowledge.
Cicero
Roman author, orator, & politician (106 BC - 43 BC)

And of course, DU's favorite:

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
George Santayana (1863 - 1952), The Life of Reason, Volume 1, 1905

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Here's a voice from the REAL age of Enlightenment: [View all] dixiegrrrrl May 2019 OP

Appropriate right from the start of this administration. pazzyanne May 2019 #1

It really is unbelievable. watoos May 2019 #4

I swear I saw a hole in Hillary's tongue. watoos May 2019 #2

Great quote malaise May 2019 #3

As long as we stay open to the lessons of history (more Voltaire, please) we can't be bamboozled ancianita May 2019 #5

If only we (actually, I mean *they*) only lived according to these quotes: eppur_se_muova May 2019 #6

"If only" are not their concern or even on their radar. What's important is that WE do. ancianita May 2019 #10

Given that the public school books leave a lot out dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #8

Truth. Kids are aware of the transience of info on the webs and value the knowledge of elders to ancianita May 2019 #11

so simple, yet says so much. mountain grammy May 2019 #7

Our existence is an absurdity. Jim__ May 2019 #9

I'm wondering if a millennial would even know who Votaire is / was. YOHABLO May 2019 #12

Well, I did not know until college dixiegrrrrl May 2019 #13