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The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
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.
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.
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.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
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."
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
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.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.