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Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my read more
Not heaven itself upon the past has power;
But what has been, has been, and I have had my hour.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...
The past is past and only a better Future can change that...
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
O God! Put back Thy universe and give me yesterday.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
