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You have to know the past to understand the present.
You have to know the past to understand the present.
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.
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.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Nostalgia is a seductive liar.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
The next day is never so good as the day before.
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
May the dreams of your past be the reality of your future
 The good of other times let people state;
 I think it lucky I was born so late.
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 The good of other times let people state;
 I think it lucky I was born so late.
  [Lat., Prisca juvent alios; ego me nunc denique natum Gratulor.]