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".

“黑格尔在某个地方说过，一切伟大的世界历史事变和人物，可以说都出现两次。他忘记补充一点：第一次是作为悲剧出现，第二次是作为笑剧出现。”