"歴史が繰り返され、予期せぬことがいつも起こるならば、人間が経験から学ぶことがどれほど不可能でなければならないか。"
— George Bernard Shaw
Simplified Meaning:
Sometimes it seems like the same mistakes happen over and over throughout history, even though people should know better from past experiences. This makes it look like humans aren't very good at learning lessons from what has happened before. For example, think about how wars keep happening. Despite the pain and loss caused by wars in the past, new conflicts still break out because people don't seem to learn from the past. This idea suggests that if bad things keep happening and we don't expect them, it shows we aren't very good at understanding and avoiding these mistakes. To apply this to our lives, it would mean paying more attention to past experiences to make better choices and avoid the same problems repeatedly. By reflecting on what went wrong before, we can learn and grow, preventing the same mistakes in the future.
