What have we learned in the past 2000+ years? (Thanks and HT to Reader AndrewB)

Evidently NUTHIN'

What have we learned in 2,056 years?
 
"The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, 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 - 55 BC