Konrad Adenauer

(1876—1967), West German chancellor

History is the sum total of the things that could have been avoided.

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Konrad Adenauer

(1876-1967), West German chancellor An infallible method of conciliating a tiger is to allow oneself to be devoured. www.sky-net-eye.com

sum total

[sum total] {n.} The final amount; everything taken together; total. * /The sum total of expenses for the trip was $450./ * /Ten years was the sum total of John's […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

George Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

(1770-1831), German philosopher We learn from history that we learn nothing from history. www.sky-net-eye.com

Clarence Darrow

(1857-1938) U.S. attorney History repeats itself, and that's one of the things that's wrong with history. www.sky-net-eye.com

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