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The Wisdom of It All - History Repeats Itself, Again???

By Sylvia Barry

Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) DRE# 01415544

October 27, 2008 03:59 PM

At my Rotary Club (Rotary Club of Novato Sunrise- we meet at 7:15am on Tuesdays, hence the Sunrise), we have a Thought of the Day ritual - those Rotarians are full of rituals ;-).

The Thought of the Day this week was quite striking, in my mind, and I thought it's worth sharing:

"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refitted, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance. Cicero 55BC"

Does this sound familiar, 1503 years later? Do we feel like a speck of dust when you put all in perspective? Is History going to repeat itself if we are not watchful?

What will the future hold for our kids if we don't go back to the basics, take the responsibility and stay vigil of our actions day in and day out as a Nation?

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Lynda Eisenmann

Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA

Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi Sylvia,

Good point. Yes, every now and then just when we think something maybe new or different, we realized that it's actually a part of history. Thanks for the reminder.

Oct 27, 2008 04:10 PM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Thanks Lynda Orange Co. Real Estate~Lynda Eisenmann, Broker-Owner, CRS,CRB,GRI,SRES, Brea, CA (Preferred Home Brokers) - We all very amazed when we heard what our friend George read. Howeve,hopefully we have learned much after 1500 years and that we won't repeat the history!

Oct 27, 2008 04:16 PM

Pat Tasker

Shorewest Realtors - Germantown, WI

Your Milwaukee Metro Area Agent (WI)

Isn't this an example of what goes around comes back again sooner or later! tHANKS!

Oct 27, 2008 04:21 PM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Hi Pat Pat Tasker Realtor Milwaukee Metro Area WI (Shorewest Realtors): Unfortunately, it almost look that way from what happened during the past weeks, but I am sure with the collective wisdom, we will reverse the trend!

Oct 27, 2008 04:34 PM

Chip Jefferson

Gibbs Realty and Auction Company - Columbia, SC

It os true that through out our history and our countrys history it has been repeated again and again. The future is now and we need to make it right!

Oct 27, 2008 11:27 PM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Hi Laura Laura Jefferson, Lexington/Columbia SC Realtor (Acquire Real Estate): I agree and it take all of us one step of time to make it right.

Oct 28, 2008 06:39 AM

Jerry Becker

Jerry Becker and Associates - Littleton, CO

Littleton, Colorado

Those that don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

Oct 28, 2008 07:24 AM

Shirley Parks

Sands Realty 210-414-0966 - San Antonio, TX

Broker, 210-414-0966, San Antonio TX Real Estate

Hi Sylvia, It is funny how history seems to repeat itself. "There is nothing new under the sun."

Oct 28, 2008 02:25 PM

Elizabeth Nieves

The Elizabeth Nieves Realty Group - Durham, NC

Bilingual Raleigh - Durham North Carolina Real Estate Team

Amazing isn't it? There is a really deep and profound lesson to be learned here. The real question is...will we actually learn?

BTW...thank you so much for praying for my daughter. GBU!

Nov 04, 2008 02:03 PM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Elizabeth: You are most welcome. Hope your daughter is feeling better. I have both you and your daughter in my thoughts and prayers!

I hope we do learn. We have been really spoiled being the leader of the world, and lose our sights. Hopefully we will go back to the basics and remain the best!

Nov 05, 2008 12:44 AM

Joey Remondino

RE/MAX Preferred Properties - Vienna, VA

Broker, GRI, E-Pro

I love the quote, it is amazing how history repeats itself. We as people are not good at learning from history, we have to make the mistakes for ourselves. Thanks for the post.

Nov 05, 2008 03:49 AM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Thanks, Joey, for your comment. When we heard the quote at the Rotary meeting, we were all amazed. It's pretty ironic how things come full circle.

Nov 05, 2008 03:57 AM

Joey Remondino

RE/MAX Preferred Properties - Vienna, VA

Broker, GRI, E-Pro

I just found on truthorfiction.com that this quote had some things added to it. They say this is the real quote:

"The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall."

I thought you may want to know.

I still like the point of the quote but a little disappointed if someone faked it and passed it around the Internet.

Here is the website http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/c/cicero-plan.htm .

Thanks for the post anyway.

Nov 05, 2008 03:58 AM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Hi Joey: Thanks for the info. I got this from the Rotary meeting and really liked the quote.

So, according to Truthorfiction.com; part is true from 55BC, the others are added. I wonder how the quote evolved and how many years it took to morph into what is in my post?

Fascinating! Now I have to decide if it's worth letting the Rotarian who quoted this know - he is a lawyer and he will be horrified to find what he quoted is not entirely true.

Nov 05, 2008 04:09 AM

Joey Remondino

RE/MAX Preferred Properties - Vienna, VA

Broker, GRI, E-Pro

LOL,

Yes I would agree, I would probably not tell him myself. Thanks for the comment on my post.

Joey

Nov 05, 2008 04:13 AM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

So, you got me curious and I googled 55.BC. Look at what I found http://thoughtsonmesa.blogspot.com/2008/09/cicero-55-bc-united-states-2008.html

Somebody actually quoted this in September. So TruthorFiction.com is not entirely correct either :-)

I better get back to the basic - WORK!

Nov 05, 2008 04:19 AM

Kristal Kraft

Novella Real Estate - Denver, CO

Selling Metro Denver Real Estate - 303-589-2022

Regardless of the quote's origin or correctness, the idea of taking responsibilty is a good one. No it's not new, it is something the entire country if not world needs to revisit.

Nov 13, 2008 01:54 PM

Liz Moras Migic

Chilliwack, BC

Chilliwack, British Columbia - Realtor

History keeps repeating itself.................I can't remenber who said it.........Soloman?.......That there's nothing new under the sun? :-)

Nov 13, 2008 05:43 PM

Sylvia Barry

Coldwell Banker Previews International (#1 Marin_Sonoma_San Francisco_North_Bay) - San Rafael, CA

Marin and Sonoma Real Estate Leading Expert

Thanks, Kristal - I agree. This quote is timeless and if one good thing coming out of our country's trouble is back to basics and then the hardship we are going to go through is all worith it.

Nov 15, 2008 03:07 AM