That said, this column is about learning from the collective mistakes of your predecessors, so, if you can, do it in advance. (sciencemag.org)
The USFL is not going to repeat the mistakes of its predecessors. (si.com)
To paraphrase the philosopher George Santayana, those who fail to learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of their predecessors. (fiscalpolicy.org)