Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past read more

Therefore Agathon rightly says: "Of this alone even God is
deprived, the power of making things that are past never to have
been."

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

We can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the read more

O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the wise Wanderer, often foiled by Fate,
Through the long furrow drave the ploughshare straight.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You have to know the past to understand the present.

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.

The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.

The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.

Thou unrelenting past.

Thou unrelenting past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.

We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.