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

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.

John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
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John Anderson, my jo, John,
When we were first acquent,
Your locks were like the raven,
Your bonny brow was brent.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".

Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,

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 next day is never so good as the day before.

The next day is never so good as the day before.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.

I tell you the past is a bucket of ashes.