a Santayana saying

Posted by montanius on 2013/12/2 2:41:56

Ok, this is not an idiom netheir a proverb, but a quotation (語錄, 语录 - yu3lu4) or saying (名言 - ming2yan2) by the thinker George Santayana.
(Note: this quotation has many variants. I do not know which is the original one.)

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it."


那些忘記歷史的人注定會重複歷史.

那些忘记历史的人注定会重复历史。

na4xie1 wang4ji4 li4shi3 de ren2 zhu4ding4 hui4 chong2fu4 li4shi3

Or:

忘記過去的人注定要重蹈覆轍.

忘记过去的人注定要重蹈覆辙。

wang4ji4 guo4qu4 de ren2 zhu4ding4 yao4 chong2dao3fu4zhe2