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The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
But how carve way i' the life that lies before,
If bent on groaning ever for the past?
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
The light of other days is faded,
And all their glories past.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
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.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
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The good of other times let people state;
I think it lucky I was born so late.
[Lat., Prisca juvent alios; ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor.]
