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    We live in a world where amnesia is the most wished- for state. When did history become a bad word?

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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.

by Charles Kingsley Found in: Past Quotes,
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The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.

The age of chivalry is gone.--That of sophisters, economists and
calculators has succeeded.

by Edmund Burke Found in: Past Quotes,
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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.

by Charles Caleb Colton Found in: Past Quotes,
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Weep no more, lady, weep no more,
Thy sorrowe is in vaine,
For violets pluckt, the sweetest read more

Weep no more, lady, weep no more,
Thy sorrowe is in vaine,
For violets pluckt, the sweetest showers
Will ne'er make grow againe.

by Thomas Percy Found in: Past Quotes,
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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.

by William Penn Found in: Past Quotes,
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O, to bring back the great Homeric time,
The simple manners and the deed sublime:
When the read more

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.

by Mortimer Collins Found in: Past Quotes,
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Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy.
[Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.]

Oh! the good times when we were so unhappy.
[Fr., Oh le bon temps ou etions si malheureux.]

by Alexandre Dumas Pere Found in: Past Quotes,
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Study the past if you would divine the future.

Study the past if you would divine the future.

by Confucius Found in: Past Quotes,
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The past is past and only a better Future can change that...

The past is past and only a better Future can change that...

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