For
Past events teach valuable lessons for the future.
Against
People often repeat mistakes even when history is known.
Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.
“Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.”
“your duty is to learn from history so as not to make the same mistakes that were made before.”
“History can't repeat itself because the past is too varied to do so.”
“Those who study history are doomed to watch everyone else repeat it.”