"Hegel was right when he said that..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
More by George Bernard Shaw
“I have never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer. Inside the cage he is at least safe from other men. There is not much harm in a lion. He has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility; in short, no reason for destroying anything that he does not want to eat”
“Everybody who does not live in a prostitute's bed and on a diet of cocaine snow is called an ascetic nowadays.”
“It is long and hard and painful to create life: it is short and easy to steal the life others have made.”
More on History
“If we tried To sink the past beneath our feet, be sure The future would not stand.”
“There can be little doubt that in many ways the story of bridge building is the story of civilisation. By it we can readily measure an important part of a people's progress.”
“Black men built the railroads, not blue eyes.”
More on Learning
“No group and no government can properly prescribe precisely what should constitute the body of knowledge with which true education is concerned.”
“You're a mere chick. I remember you when you were a egg. Don't come trying to teach me, sir. Crabs and crumpets!”
“Therefore, O students, study mathematics and do not build without foundations.”