“In the infinite permutation of an ice crystal, everything repeats itself, but, really, from another point of view, nothing repeats itself.”
“In the infinite permutations of an ice crystal, everything repeats itself, but, really, from another point of view, nothing repeats itself. The arms go out, forming dendrites, sectored plates, the same angle every time, but the final product – because of wind, because of molecular vibration, because of rate of growth and temperature – is never the same.”
“History that repeats itself turns to farce. Farce that repeats itself turns to history.”
“History repeats itself. Historians repeat each other."[1880]”
“History always repeats itself”
“Nature, which makes nothing durable, always repeats itself so that nothing which it makes may be lost.”