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Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
The past always looks better than it was; it's only pleasant because it isn't here.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
The best of prophets of the future is the past.
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.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
The present contains nothing more than the past, and what is found in the effect was already in the cause.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
I cannot sing the old songs, Or dream those dreams again,
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
The Present is the living sum-total of the whole Past.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.
Forgiveness does not change the past, but it does enlarge the future.