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The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
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.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
We remain
Safe in the hallowed quiets of the past.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
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.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the read more
It's linkage I'm talking about, and harmonies and structures, And all the various things that lock our wrists to the past.
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the read more
You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.
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."