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الماضي أشبه بالمستقبل من شبه الماء بالماء

The past resembles the future more than one drop of water resembles another.

History tends to repeat its patterns, since human nature and social forces recur across generations.

Ibn Khaldun, Tunisia

Source: Ibn Khaldun, Muqaddimah (Rosenthal translation, 1958), Introduction

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