worth repeating? 'those who fail to learn from history...'

2 sayings I find amusing or worth reflecting on:

the first, a reported comment from a British parliamentarian (who was Jewish):
'Throughout History, the Arabs have been known as fierce warriors, and the Jews were known as logicians and locutors. In the last fifty years, the Arabs have lost every war and the Jews have lost every argument.'

the second, from George Santayana (the South American philosopher):
'Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.'