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You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
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.
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 next day is never so good as the day before.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
The free world must now prove itself worthy of its own past.
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
Gone--glimmering through the dream of things that were.
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.