Hegel remarks somewhere that all great world-historic facts and personages appear, so to speak, twice. He forgot to add: the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce".

「黑格爾在某個地方說過，一切偉大的世界歷史事變和人物，可以說都出現兩次。他忘記補充一點：第一次是作為悲劇出現，第二次是作為笑劇出現。」