alt Hacker NewsThe older I get the more I appreciate that those proverbs aren't just rhetorical.
I always assumed people would learn from history, because everyone knows that proverb. And yet now as I'm pushing 40 it seems more a warning, people will refuse to learn from history, and they will repeat it. So be as prepared as you can.
If you read more about the guy who initially came up with that quote, you'll find that he himself was a terrible example of "learning from history".