""Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it" is George Santayana (Jorge Agustín Nicolás Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás for Spanish speakers)."History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce" is Karl Marx.I can't attribute the one about the past rhyming off the top of my head.There's also George Bernard Shaw's "we learn from history that we learn nothing from history".Cynics may also go for Ambrose Bierce's Devil's Dictionary definition of: "HISTORY, n. An account mostly false, of events mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers mostly knaves, and soldiers mostly fools."Alasdair Brooks----- Original Message -----From: "David W Babson" >;[log in to unmask]