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Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.
Those who do remember it will find new ways to screw it up.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is read more
Stop acting as if life is a rehearsal. Live this day as if it were your last. The past is over and gone. The future is not guaranteed.
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with read more
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
 The days of rejoicing are gone forever.
 [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]  
 The days of rejoicing are gone forever.
 [Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.] 
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.