history repeats itself

:  tale, story

:  a chronological record of significant events (such as those affecting a nation or institution) often including an explanation of their causes

:  a treatise presenting systematically related natural phenomena (as of geography, animals, or plants)

:  to say or state again

:  to say over from memory :  recite

:  to say after another

:  something repeated :  repetition

:  a musical passage to be repeated in performance

:  a sign placed before and after such a passage

:  of, relating to, or being one that repeats an offense, achievement, or action

:  that identical one — compare it 1

:  its normal, healthy, or sane condition