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To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
To look back to antiquity is one thing, to go back to it is another.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of
romance is dead. The age of read more
Some say that the age of chivalry is past, that the spirit of
romance is dead. The age of chivalry is never past so long as
there is a wrong left unredressed on earth.
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live read more
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
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 prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
The past is prophetic in that it asserts loudly that wars are poor chisels for carving out peaceful tomorrows.
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.
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.]
