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Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with read more
Man... cannot learn to forget, but hangs on the past: however far or fast he runs, that chain runs with him.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Don't brood on the past, but don't forget it either.
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
Every journey into the past is complicated by delusions, false memories, false namings of real events.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Study the past if you would divine the future.
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
 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. 
 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." 
Look back, and smile on perils past.
Look back, and smile on perils past.