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Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is
found in the effect was already in the read more
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is
found in the effect was already in the cause.
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 days of rejoicing are gone forever.
[Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]
The days of rejoicing are gone forever.
[Fr., Ils sont passes ces jours de fete.]
O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
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O Death! O Change! O Time!
Without you, O! the insufferable eyes
Of these poor Might-Have-Beens,
These fatuous, ineffectual yesterdays.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.
