People to whom nothing has ever happened cannot understand the unimportance of events.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We cannot leave history entirely to nonclinical observers and to professional historians.
No political event can be judged outside of the era and the circumstances in which it took place.
Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
Now the truth of the matter is that there are a lot of things people don't understand. Take the Einstein theory. Take taxes. Take love. Do you understand them? Neither do I. But they exist. They happen.
Nothing can happen nowhere. The locale of the happening always colours the happening, and often, to a degree, shapes it.
A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.
We cannot comprehend what comprehends us.
Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.
There is no such thing as a person that nothing has happened to, and each person's story is as different as his fingertips.
History keeps teaching us that we can't recognize the important events that are going to trigger changes.