In spite of my worries, Christmas was a success. I’d stop worrying, but it’s my nature to be anxious.

Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Quotation from George Santayana

We can learn from history how past generations thought and acted, how they responded to the demands of their time and how they solved their problems. We can learn by analogy, not by example, for our circumstances will always be different than theirs were. The main thing history can teach us is that human actions have consequences and that certain choices, once made, cannot be undone.
Quotation from Gerda Lerner